Screening–does it apply to breast cancer?

Developments in the field trial of mammography as an adjunct screening procedure conducted at the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) are reviewed. As technology improves, new, noninvasive procedures for breast cancer screening may be proposed. Their test will pose the same problems enco...

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Published in:Cancer 1980-08, Vol.46 (S4), p.957-960
Main Author: Haenszel, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Clinical Trials as Topic
Female
Humans
Mammography
Mass Screening
Palpation
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control
Vaginal Smears
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Summary:Developments in the field trial of mammography as an adjunct screening procedure conducted at the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) are reviewed. As technology improves, new, noninvasive procedures for breast cancer screening may be proposed. Their test will pose the same problems encountered in the HIP trial: the definition of a control population receiving “conventional” screening; the rescreening of study and control women at specified intervals; the ability to maintain standardized diagnostic and treatment procedures for asymptomatic positives; long‐term follow‐up to determine whether a measurable reduction in breast cancer mortality in the study population has been achieved. These technical questions are capable of resolution and new or revised breast cancer screening modalities will be proposed, tested and possibly adopted in future years.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19800815)46:4+<957::AID-CNCR2820461318>3.0.CO;2-G