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Eugenio Paci, MD; Donella Puliti, MSc; Marco Zappa, MD

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In their article on the natural history of invasive breast cancer, Zahl et al¹ propose the hypothesis of spontaneous regression of some screen-detected breast cancers. The authors compared cumulative breast cancer incidence in 2 cohorts of women before and after the start of mammographic service screening.² The 2 cohorts were followed up for 6 years so that the screened group was eligible for screening at 3 biennial rounds, while the control group was eligible for prevalence screening only at the end of follow-up. Even after prevalence screening of controls, the cumulative incidence remained 22% higher in the screened group.

We compared the Norwegian results with those obtained from the Florentine program, in which service screening was started in 1991. The first round was completed in 1993, the second round was conducted during 1994-1995, and the third round was conducted during 1996-1997. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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