Experts on breast cancer screening gather in Oslo January 31, 2013

30.01.2013

Results on benefits and harms of mammographic screening differ substantially between studies. The reasons why will be discussed at an expert conference on breast cancer screening in Oslo, Norway, January 31. The conference is organized by the Cancer Registry of Norway.

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Cancer Registry of Norway

Experts recommend mammographic screening

Experts recommend mammographic screening

11.02.2013

A review of the results from organized mammographic screening programmes, shows that two lives are saved for each overdiagnosed woman. Analyses of results from the randomizes controlled trials conducted more than 20 years ago, conclude that three women are overdiagnosed for every woman saved from dying of breast cancer. The majority of scientists in the expert panel agreed that mammographic screening is beneficial for the women and for society.

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Need for a new and improved discussion on breast cancer screening

Need for a new and  improved discussion on breast cancer screening

30.01.2013

The results on the efficacy of breast cancer screening vary substantially between studies, and the ongoing, at times aggressive, screening debate does not seem to move the field forward. What we need instead, is an open and calm discussion on the methods used in the various studies, and how these methods affect the results. Perhaps we should also acknowledge that both sides in the debate have a conflict of interest, says Giske Ursin, MD, PhD, Director of the Cancer Registry of Norway, in a commentary in the Open Access Journal BioMed Central 12.12.2012.

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Less overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening than previously claimed

Less overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening than previously claimed

28.01.2013

A new study from the Cancer Registry of Norway, based on individual level data, shows that fewer women are overdiagnosed with breast cancer than previously reported. The problem of overdiagnosis in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme may be smaller than earlier studies have reported, PhD student Ragnhild Sørum Falk says.

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Experts on breast cancer screening gather in Oslo January 31, 2013

21.01.2013

Results on benefits and harms of mammographic screening differ substantially between studies. The reasons why will be discussed at an expert conference on breast cancer screening in Oslo, Norway, January 31. The conference is organized by the Cancer Registry of Norway.

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Cancer in Norway 2010

26.09.2012

The annual report the Cancer Registry of Norway provides incidence data on different cancers and the latest survival data.

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Evaluation of the mammographic screening program in Norway - pending

12.09.2012

So far there have been no published analysis of the Norwegian mammographic screening program based on individual data from the screening program. The analyses published so far have been based on aggregate screening data, or assumptions on when screening started for groups of women.

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Differences in relative survival across 19 counties in Norway

08.05.2012

The greatest differences in relative survival between counties are found among lung cancer patients where survival in 2000-2009 varies from 9-23 per cent and in prostate cancer where it varies from 71-91 per cent. These interesting results are presented in a report from the Cancer Registry of Norway titled: Cancer survival by county and health region in Norway 2000-2009.

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Fact sheets on cancer screening programmes in English, Arabic and Urdu

The Cancer Registry of Norway have made fact sheets on the Norwegian breast and cervical cancer screening programmes available in pdf-format in English, Arabic and Urdu.

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Nordpred

The Nordpred software package is now available under "Projects".

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