Variation in performance in low-volume mammography screening programmes: experience from Switzerland
| Autor: | Cyril Ducros, E. Dayer, Béatrice Arzel, Fabio Levi, Jean-Luc Bulliard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Breast Neoplasms Breast cancer Medicine Mammography Humans Mass Screening Registries Accreditation Aged Quality Indicators Health Care Gynecology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Attendance Middle Aged medicine.disease Regimen Oncology Female Performance indicator Mammography screening business Switzerland Demography |
| Zdroj: | Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 293-297 |
| ISSN: | 1877-783X |
| Popis: | Background : Reading volume and mammography screening performance appear positively correlated. Quality and effectiveness were compared across low-volume screening programmes targeting relatively small populations and operating under the same decentralised healthcare system. Except for accreditation of 2nd readers (restrictive vs non-restrictive strategy), these organised programmes had similar screening regimen/procedures and duration, which maximises comparability. Variation in performance and its determinants were explored in order to improve mammography practice and optimise screening performance. Methods : Circa 200,000 screens performed between 1999 and 2006 (4 rounds) in 3 longest standing Swiss cantonal programmes (of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) were assessed. Indicators of quality and effectiveness were assessed according to European standards. Interval cancers were identified through linkage with cancer registries records. Results : Swiss programmes met most European standards of performance with a substantial, favourable cancer stage shift. Up to a two-fold variation occurred for several performance indicators. In subsequent rounds, compared with programmes (Vaud and Geneva) that applied a restrictive selection strategy for 2nd readers, proportions of in situ lesions and of small cancers (≤1 cm) were one third lower and halved, respectively, and the proportion of advanced lesions (stage II+) nearly 50% higher in the programme without a restrictive selection strategy. Discrepancy in second-year proportional incidence of interval cancers appears to be multicausal. Conclusion : Differences in performance could partly be explained by a selective strategy for second readers and a prior experience in service screening, but not by the levels of opportunistic screening and programme attendance. This study provides clues for enhancing mammography screening performance in low-volume programmes. |
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