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An analysis of the mortality effect in a breast cancer screening study . In order to better understand the effect of breast cancer screening on mortality , we use the theory of competing risks to analyse deaths from the long-term follow-up of the HIP breast cancer screening trial . We conclude that some , but not all , of the breast cancer cases detected early as a result of screening realized a benefit in terms of elimination of the risk of breast cancer mortality . Breast cancer screening appears not to affect the rate of mortality from causes of death other than breast cancer . Methodologically , we demonstrate the importance of analysing mortality separately for the breast cancer cases as well as for the entire population in a trial .
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Intervention_Physical
breast cancer screening
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Intervention_Physical
HIP breast cancer screening trial
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Intervention_Physical
screening
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Intervention_Physical
Breast cancer screening
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Outcome_Mortality
breast cancer mortality .
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Outcome_Mortality
rate of mortality
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Condition
HIP breast cancer
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer