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ArticlePloS one2012

Contribution of early detection and adjuvant treatments to breast cancer mortality reduction in Catalonia, Spain.

Ester Vilaprinyo, Teresa Puig, Montserrat Rue

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ester VilaprinyoEvaluation and Clinical Epidemiology Department, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Teresa Puig
Montserrat Rue
Hospital de Sant Pau · ESParc de Salut · ESUniversitat de Lleida · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReductions in breast cancer (BC) mortality in Western countries have been attributed to the use of screening mammography and adjuvant treatments. The goal of this work was to analyze the contributions of both interventions to the decrease in BC mortality between 1975 and 2008 in Catalonia. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsA stochastic model was used to quantify the contribution of each intervention. Age standardized BC mortality rates for calendar years 1975-2008 were estimated in four hypothetical scenarios: 1) Only screening, 2) Only adjuvant treatment, 3) Both interventions, and 4) No intervention. For the 30-69 age group, observed Catalan BC mortality rates per 100,000 women-year rose from 29.4 in 1975 to 38.3 in 1993, and afterwards continuously decreased to 23.2 in 2008. If neither of the two interventions had been used, in 2008 the estimated BC mortality would have been 43.5, which, compared to the observed BC mortality rate, indicates a 46.7% reduction. In 2008 the reduction attributable to screening was 20.4%, to adjuvant treatments was 15.8% and to both interventions 34.1%. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Screening and adjuvant treatments similarly contributed to reducing BC mortality in Catalonia. Mathematical models have been useful to assess the impact of interventions addressed to reduce BC mortality that occurred over nearly the same periods.

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Mass ScreeningAdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCohort StudiesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansIncidenceMammographyMiddle AgedMortalitySpain

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PMID22272292
PMCPMC3260221
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