• Early performance measures following regular versus irregular screening attendance in the population-based screening program for breast cancer in Norway 

      Thy, Jonas Evensen; Larsen, Marthe; Vigeland, Einar; Koch, Henrik Wethe; Hovda, Tone; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-11)
      Irregular attendance in breast cancer screening has been associated with higher breast cancer mortality compared to regular attendance. Early performance measures of a screening program following regular versus irregular screening attendance have been less studied. We aimed to investigate early performance measures following regular versus irregular screening attendance. Methods We used information ...
    • Participation and cancer detection after reminders versus ordinary invitations in BreastScreen Norway 

      Thy, Jonas Evensen; Vigeland, Einar; Larsen, Marthe; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-03)
      Objectives - To compare attendance, recall and cancer detection as well as histopathological tumor characteristics among women attending BreastScreen Norway after a reminder versus an ordinary invitation.<p> <p>Setting - This study was conducted on data from a population-based screening program inviting women aged 50–69 to biennial two-view mammography.<p> <p>Methods - We used de-identified ...