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A Review of Cancer Screening Evaluation Techniques, with some Particular Examples in Breast Cancer Screening
- Source :
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society. 168:657-677
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2005.
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Abstract
- SummaryThe instigation of mass screening for breast cancer has, over the last three decades, raised various statistical issues and led to the development of new statistical approaches. Initially, the design of screening trials was the main focus of research but, as the evidence in favour of population-based screening programmes mounts, a variety of other applications have also been identified. These include administrative and quality control tasks, for monitoring routine screening services, as well as epidemiological modelling of incidence and mortality. We review the commonly used methods of cancer screening evaluation, highlight some current issues in breast screening and, using examples from randomized trials and established screening programmes, illustrate the role that statistical science has played in the development of clinical research in this field.
- Subjects :
- Statistics and Probability
Economics and Econometrics
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Population
medicine.disease
law.invention
Breast cancer screening
Breast cancer
Randomized controlled trial
law
Cancer screening
medicine
Mammography
Medical physics
Breast disease
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
education
business
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Mass screening
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1467985X and 09641998
- Volume :
- 168
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........13575d4cee2725b6cd1d1a1aee62143a