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Mammographic density and breast cancer risk in breast screening assessment cases and women with a family history of breast cancer
(Elsevier/Science Direct, 2017-11-27)
Background
Mammographic density has been shown to be a strong independent predictor of breast cancer and a causative factor in reducing the sensitivity of mammography. There remain questions as to the use of mammographic ...
The clinical effectiveness of different surveillance strategies to prevent colorectal cancer in people with intermediate-grade colorectal adenomas: a retrospective cohort analysis, and psychological and economic evaluations
(NIHR Journals Library, 2017-05)
BACKGROUND:
The UK guideline recommends 3-yearly surveillance for patients with intermediate-risk (IR) adenomas. No study has examined whether or not this group has heterogeneity in surveillance needs.
OBJECTIVES:
To ...
Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of chest X-rays from general practice on the lung cancer pathway (radioX): study protocol for a randomised control trial.
(2017-11-06)
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic capacity and suboptimal logistics are consistently identified as barriers to timely diagnosis of cancer, especially lung cancer. Immediate chest X-ray (CXR) reporting for patients referred from general ...
Effect of Mammography Screening on Mortality by Histological Grade.
(American Association for Cancer Research, 2017-11-17)
Background: It has been asserted that mammography screening preferentially benefits those with less aggressive cancers, with lesser or no impact on more rapidly progressing and therefore more life-threatening tumors.Methods: ...