Prevalence, Long-term Development, and Predictors of Psychosocial Consequences of False-Positive Mammography among Women Attending Population-Based Screening.

Summary, in English

Cancer screening aims to detect cancer at an asymptomatic stage, although side effects from screening also occur. We investigated the prevalence, longitudinal development, and predictors of psychosocial consequences of false-positive breast cancer screening.

• Author: Anetta Bolejko; Peter Hagell; Christine Wann-Hansson; Sophia Zackrisson
• Department/s: Department of Health Sciences; Older people's health and Person-Centred care; BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation; Radiology Diagnostics, Malmö
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 1388-1397
• Publication/Series: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 9
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311562?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0060
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research
• Topic: Other Health Sciences
• Status: Published
• Research group: Older people's health and Person-Centred care; Radiology Diagnostics, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1538-7755