Is mammography screening beneficial: An individual-based stochastic model for breast cancer incidence and mortality
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Given the continuing increase in mammary cancer incidence and in many cases also mortality across the world, as well as the difficulty with primary prevention, the question of whether screening for early detection is effective is of prime importance. If there is a real benefit in terms of reduced mortality then attention should clearly be focused on the modality which should be recommended in d...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Computational Biology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1553-7358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008036