Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25085350›Full record

ArticleBMC cancer2014

Evaluation of the interval cancer rate and its determinants on the Girona Health Region's early breast cancer detection program.

Gemma Renart-Vicens, Montserrat Puig-Vives, Joan Albanell, Francesc Castañer, Joana Ferrer, Miquel Carreras, Joan Tarradas, Maria Sala, Rafael Marcos-Gragera

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Observational
  4. Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Gemma Renart-VicensResearch Group on Statistics, Applied Economics and Health (GRECS), CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), University of Girona, Campus de Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain. gemma.renart@udg.edu.
Montserrat Puig-Vives
Joan Albanell
Francesc Castañer
Joana Ferrer
Miquel Carreras
Joan Tarradas
Maria Sala
Rafael Marcos-Gragera

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe main aim of this study is to estimate the rate of false negative and true IC on the Program for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer (PEDBC) run by the Girona Health Region (GHR) and compare the clinicopathological characteristics of these tumors with those detected within the same program.

methodsA retrospective cohort study including all women participating on the Girona PEDBC between 2000 and 2006, with negative mammography screening. The IC included are those detected between the first and second round of screening and between the second and third round.

resultsWe identified a total of 43 IC, representing an incidence rate of 0.70 cases per 1,000 screened women. Of the 43 probable IC, we were able to classify a total of 22 (51.2%) cases. Of these 22 cases, 54.5% were classified as true interval tumors, 13.6% false negatives, 18.2% occult tumors and the remaining 13.6% minimal sign.We found significant differences in some clinicopathological characteristics of the IC comparing with the tumors detected within the program during the same period.

conclusionsThe IC rate for the PEDBC is within the expected parameters, with a high proportion of cases of true interval cancers (54.5%) and a low proportion of false negatives (13.6%). The results show that the proportional incidence of IC is within the limits set by European Guidelines. Furthermore, it has been confirmed that IC display more aggressive clinicopathological characteristics than screening breast cancers.

Indexed as

Early Detection of CancerAgedBreast NeoplasmsDiagnostic ErrorsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNational Health ProgramsRetrospective StudiesSpain

Identifiers

PMID25085350
PMCPMC4129104

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.