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KCCCR trial to study the effect on breast cancer mortality of annual mammographic screening starting at age 40

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Breast cancer
Cancer
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
Inclusion Criteria

Women aged 40-41 identified from Health Authorities registers

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
ot provided at time of registration
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