Mass-screening of a female population for detection of early carcinoma of the breast.

In 1969-1970 a breast mass-screening was undertaken in Gävle, with thermography and questionnaire. Mammary radiography and clinical examination of subjects with abnormal screening reports and of a group of normal subjects were performed. In spite of having achieved early detection of malignant tumours in many cases with a preponderance of carcinoma cases in the abnormal group, thermography was found to have considerable drawbacks as a screening method.

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S Jakobsson, B Lundgren, O Melander, T Norin. Mass-screening of a female population for detection of early carcinoma of the breast. Acta radiologica: therapy, physics, biology. 1975 Oct;14(5):424-32

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PMID: 1202922

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