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Mastectomy rates are decreasing in the era of service screening: a population-based study in Italy (1997-2001).

Zorzi M, Puliti D, Vettorazzi M, De Lisi V, Falcini F, Federico M, Ferretti S, Moffa IF, Mangone L, Mano MP, Naldoni C, Ponti A, Traina A, Tumino R, Paci E,

Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy.

We enrolled all 2162 in situ and 21 148 invasive cases of breast cancer in 17 areas of Italy, diagnosed in 1997-2001. Rates of early cancer increased by 13.7% in the screening age group (50-69 years), and breast conserving surgery by 24.6%. Advanced cancer rates decreased by 19.4%, and mastectomy rates by 24.2%. Service screening did not increase mastectomy rates in the study population.

Published 1 November 2006 in Br J Cancer, 95(9): 1265-8.
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