BMJ 1994;308:1508 (4 June)

Letters

Management of breast cancer

EDITOR, - Elizabeth Roberts and Lucy Branston1 were concerned that we made no detailed reference to the United Kingdom's breast screening programme in our study on the management of breast cancer cases diagnosed in 1990 in the Thames regions.2

Only 123 out of the 334 cases (36%) analysed in our study sample fell into the 50-64 year age group covered by the screening programme. In 1990, though, many eligible women in this age group had not yet been invited for their first screening. Records among the 123 women show that 27 (21%) cancers were detected on screening, but the registry does not yet have complete information from the screening programme.

Our study of breast cancer management formed part of a study based on the European Cancer Registries of survival and care of cancer patients (the Eurocare study). It did not involve local clinicians. They have responded favourably, however, and we . . . [Full text of this article]


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