Breast Cancer Screening by Physical Examination Randomized Trial in the Philippines

摘要

Completed activities: (1) Breast cancer incidence by end of 1999 in all project cohorts; Record linkage between files of incident cases and master files of the intervention cohort; (2) continuing identification and registration of all cases of malignant cancer in the resident population; (3) Re-interview of 123 cases and 978 matched controls selected from the screened cohort. (4) Data analysis and reporting. On-going: (1) Cancer registry follow-up procedures have been established and breast cancer cases are recorded regularly. Clinical details of stage at diagnosis are sought systematically for all cases. (2) Data analysis and reporting.