Screening for breast cancer

Breast Cancer Screening. Report to the Health Ministers of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, by a working group chaired by Professor Sir Patrick Forrest; HMSO 1986

Tabar L, Fagerberg CJG, Gad A, et al. Reduction in mortality from breast cancer after mass screening for mammography. Randomised Trial from the Breast Cancer Screening Working Group of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare Lancet 1985;1:829-32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(85)92204-4

Shapiro S, Venet W, Strax P, Venet L, Roeser R. Ten- to fourteen-year effect of screening on breast cancer mortality. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1982;69(2):349-55

Andersson I, Aspegren K, Janzon I, et al. Mammographic screening and mortality from Breast Cancer: the Malmo mammographic Screening Trial. BMJ. 1988;297:943-48. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.297.6654.943

Roberts MM, Alexander FE, Anderson TJ, et al. Edinburgh Trial of Screening for Breast Cancer, Mortality at 7 years. Lancet 1990;335:241-6. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)90066-e

Dupont WD, Page DL. Risk factors for breast cancer for women with proliferative breast disease. N Engl J Med 1985;312:146-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198501173120303

Anderson TJ, Lamb J, Alexander F, et al. Comparative pathology of prevalent and incident cancers detected by breast screening. Edinburgh Breast Screening Project. Lancet. 1986;1(8480):519-23. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90882-2