• Differences in mammography screening attendance among non-Western immigrants in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway 

      Njor, Sisse Helle; Heinävaara, Sirpa; Stefansdóttir, Hrefna; Nygård, Mari; Guðmundsdóttir, Eva María; Bhargava, Sameer; Leivonen, Aku; Campbell, Suzanne; Søborg, Bo; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen; Sarkeala, Tytti; Vejborg, Ilse; Lamminmäki, Maarit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-22)
      Several studies have shown that attendance rates are lower among non-Western immigrants than among natives. As the Nordic countries have quite similar health systems and populations but also differences in the organisation of their organised mammography screening programmes, differences in attendance rates could highlight organisational factors that might increase the attendance rates. Mammography ...
    • Overdiagnosis in screening mammography in Denmark: population based cohort study 

      Njor, Sissel Helle; Olsen, Anne Helene; Blichert-Toft, Mogens; Schwartz, Walter; Vejborg, Ilse; Lynge, Elsebeth (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-02-26)
      Objective To use data from two longstanding, population based screening programmes to study overdiagnosis in screening mammography.<p> <p>Design Population based cohort study. <p>Setting Copenhagen municipality (from 1991) and Funen County (from 1993), Denmark. <p>Participants 57 763 women targeted by organised screening, aged 56-69 when the screening programmes started, and followed up to ...