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Overdiagnosis in mammographic screening for breast cancer in Europe: a literature review

D Puliti, SW Duffy, G Miccinesi… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Overdiagnosis, the detection through screening of a breast cancer that would
never have been identified in the lifetime of the woman, is an adverse outcome of screening …

[HTML][HTML] Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study

FH Schröder, J Hugosson, MJ Roobol… - New England journal …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer was
initiated in the early 1990s to evaluate the effect of screening with prostate-specific–antigen …

Efficacy of human papillomavirus testing for the detection of invasive cervical cancers and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a randomised controlled trial

G Ronco, P Giorgi-Rossi, F Carozzi, M Confortini… - The lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is known to be more sensitive, but less
specific than cytology for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). We assessed the …

Screening and prostate cancer mortality: results of the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) at 13 years of follow-up

FH Schröder, J Hugosson, MJ Roobol, TLJ Tammela… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The European Randomised study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
(ERSPC) has shown significant reductions in prostate cancer mortality after 9 years and 11 …

[HTML][HTML] Prostate-cancer mortality at 11 years of follow-up

FH Schröder, J Hugosson, MJ Roobol… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Several trials evaluating the effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing on
prostate-cancer mortality have shown conflicting results. We updated prostate-cancer …

Bariatric surgery: cost-effectiveness and budget impact

L Terranova, L Busetto, A Vestri, MA Zappa - Obesity surgery, 2012 - Springer
Bariatric surgery is to date the most effective treatment for morbid obesity and it has been
proven to reduce obesity-related comorbidities and total mortality. As any medical treatment …

Once-only sigmoidoscopy in colorectal cancer screening: follow-up findings of the Italian Randomized Controlled Trial—SCORE

N Segnan, P Armaroli, L Bonelli, M Risio… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background A single flexible sigmoidoscopy at around the age of 60 years has been
proposed as an effective strategy for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Methods We …

[HTML][HTML] Quality-of-life effects of prostate-specific antigen screening

EAM Heijnsdijk, EM Wever, A Auvinen… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background After 11 years of follow-up, the European Randomized Study of Screening for
Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) reported a 29% reduction in prostate-cancer mortality among men …

A 16-yr Follow-up of the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer

J Hugosson, MJ Roobol, M Månsson, TLJ Tammela… - European urology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
(ERSPC) has previously demonstrated that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening …

Incidence trends of adenocarcinoma of the cervix in 13 European countries

F Bray, B Carstensen, H Møller, M Zappa… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2005 - AACR
Rapid increases in cervical adenocarcinoma incidence have been observed in Western
countries in recent decades. Postulated explanations include an increasing specificity of …