Abstract Public policies promoting ‘screening’ for a cancer, while directly bearing on the cancer’s early diagnosis and … continuation, of such a policy, the policy-makers are informed by an estimate of the magnitude of the mortality reduction resulting … from the policy. Even though this estimate has to do with mortality in a strictly epidemiological – community …

Abstract Randomized controlled trials have been the mainstay of high-level evidence for or against cancer screening … screening, costs, utilities, the political risk of inaction, the societal tolerance to risk, healthcare providers’ preferences … cancer screening.  …

This study investigates the existence of economies of scale in the provision of breast and cervical cancer screening … cancer screening activities. Output was measured by women served, women screened and cancers detected, separately by breast …-fixed factors (e.g., percent of women eligible for screening by the NBCCEDP). 144 out of 147 program-years demonstrated significant …

Norway has had a nationwide, biennial public screening program for breast cancer since 2005. The program includes all … women aged 50-69 years. The aim of this study was to estimate the total societal costs of one screening round. The cost … analysis was based on the number women in the relevant age group, the proportions attending screening, estimated travel time to …