Publications by authors named "Marinella Crema"
Background And Aim: This study aims to assess the quality of the population-based breast cancer screening programme in Pavia, northern Italy computing its key performance indicators and estimating its sensitivity for the years 2016-2018.
Methods: Invitation and examination coverage, participation rate, recall rate, detection rate and positive predictive values were computed on the basis of data provided yearly to the Italian Ministry of Health. Sensitivity was estimated identifying interval cancers in the local Cancer Registry and computed with the proportional incidence method.