Do breast cancer risk factors differ among those who do and do not undertake mammography screening?

Authors :: Beckmann, Kerri R
Roder, David M
Hiller, Janet E
Farshid, Gelareh
Lynch, John W
Source :: Journal of Medical Screening; Dec2013, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p208-219, 12p
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The article offers information on a study related to breast cancer risk factors in participants and non-participants of population-based mammography screening. It informs that the study also aimed to find whether the mammography screening for breast cancer leads to over diagnosis. It states that screening programs can lead to risks which effect over diagnosis for women who under go with this procedure.

Subjects :: BREAST tumor prevention
BREAST tumor risk factors
MAMMOGRAMS
CONFIDENCE intervals
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HORMONE therapy
INTERVIEWING
MULTIVARIATE analysis
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
PATIENT participation
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software

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