Impact of the age expansion of breast screening on screening uptake and screening outcomes among older women in BreastScreen western

CONCLUSIONS: Our study found that age EOS to women aged 70-74 was effective in increasing screening uptake in this age-group but was accompanied by a moderate increase in screening uptake amongst women ≥75 years via self-referral for whom potential benefit of screening may be limited.PMID:33647788 | DOI:10.1016/j.breast.2021.02.006

Source: Breast - March 1, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sonia El-Zaemey Wylie Liz Negar Hosseinzadeh Helen Lund Erin Mathieu Nehmat Houssami Source Type: research