ReviewCancers2020
Worldwide Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies Measuring the Effect of Mammography Screening Programmes on Incidence-Based Breast Cancer Mortality.
Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Challenges in Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Breast Cancer Screening Programs: Systematic Review and Framework for Safe Adoption.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The screening value of mammography for breast cancer: an overview of 28 systematic reviews with evidence mapping.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for breast cancer detection: An update meta-analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2021Pooled it
- A prospective trial for breast cancer diagnosis by canine odorology.Nature communications · 2025Trial
- Recommending Breast Cancer Screening to My Mum: Examining the Interplay of Threat, Efficacy, and Virality on Recommendation Intention in the Chinese Context.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Real-world impact of organised mammography screening on breast cancer mortality: A population-based case-control study.Journal of medical screening · 2026Article
- Long-term effectiveness and overdiagnosis in the NHS breast screening programme: a cohort study with up to 33 years of follow-up.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Cost-effectiveness of mammography-based breast cancer screening in Jordan: a healthcare system perspective.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- A Quantitative Framework to Assess the Potential of Earlier Cancer Detection to Improve Cancer Survival.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026Article
- Economic evaluation of artificial intelligence for cancer detection in the UK breast screening programme.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- The influence of rural residency on the uptake of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers in Scotland.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Interventions to Improve Breast Screening Uptake for Black African Women in High Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Development and internal validation of mammography feature-based prognostic models for distant recurrence-free survival of invasive breast cancer in a screening cohort.NPJ breast cancer · 2026Article
- Breast cancer mortality among women who have attended BreastScreen Norway, 1996-2023.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026Article
- Breast cancer incidence, by stage at diagnosis, and mortality in 21 European countries in the era of mammography screening: an international population-based study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Applying the "positive predictive value-recall diagram" to monitor performance and provide recommendations for screening radiologists.European radiology · 2026Article
- Digital patient decision aids for cancer prevention in socially disadvantaged women: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
- Participation behaviour of different migrant groups in breast cancer screening - palpation of the breast and mammography. Results from the German national cohort (NAKO).Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Enhancing breast positioning quality through real-time AI feedback.European radiology · 2026Article
- Assessing the Effect of Breast Density on Screening Performance in a Population-Based Program.The breast journal · 2026Article
20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
In 2012, the Euroscreen project published a review of incidence-based mortality evaluations of breast cancer screening programmes. In this paper, we update this review to October 2019 and expand its scope from Europe to worldwide. We carried out a systematic review of incidence-based mortality studies of breast cancer screening programmes, and a meta-analysis of the estimated effects of both invitation to screening and attendance at screening, with adjustment for self-selection bias, on incidence-based mortality from breast cancer. We found 27 valid studies. The results of the meta-analysis showed a significant 22% reduction in breast cancer mortality with invitation to screening, with a relative risk of 0.78 (95% CI 0.75-0.82), and a significant 33% reduction with actual attendance at screening (RR 0.67, 95% CI 0.61-0.75). Breast cancer screening in the routine healthcare setting continues to confer a substantial reduction in mortality from breast cancer.
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