KCCCR trial to study the effect on breast cancer mortality of annual mammographic screening starting at age 40
- Conditions
- Breast cancerCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN24647151
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
- Brief Summary
1999 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10572845 2002 Implications of pathologist concordance in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11979379 2006 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17161727 2010 assessment of contamination in the control group: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20233850 2015 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26206144 2016 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847236 2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32800099/ (added 19/08/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 160000
Women aged 40-41 identified from Health Authorities registers
Women under care for breast cancer may be removed from the prior notification list by the GPs prior to randomisation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Deaths from breast cancer in women free of the disease at trial entry in the two groups. Information on prognostic factors of all breast cancers is also collected.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration