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Breast cancer: key references

Key references:

Black R, Stockton D (eds).  Cancer scenarios: An aid to planning cancer services in Scotland in the next decade.  Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2001.
(see also the Cancer Scenarios update)

Brewster DH, Stockton DL, Harvey J, Mackay M.  Reliability of cancer registration data in Scotland, 1997.  Eur J Cancer 2002; 38: 414-417.

Ferlay J, Bray F, Pisani P, Parkin DM.Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Worldwide. IARC CancerBase No. 5. version 2.0. Lyon: IARCPress, 2004. Lyon: IARCPress, 2004.
(the GLOBOCAN database is the electronic version of this)

Forman D, Stockton D, Moller H, Quinn M, Babb P, De Angelis R, Micheli A. Cancer Prevalence in the UK: results from the EUROPREVAL Study.  Annals of Oncol 2003; 14: 648-654.

Micheli A, Mugno E, Krogh V, Quinn MJ, Coleman M, Hakulinen T, Gatta G, Berrino F, Capocaccia R & the EUROPREVAL Working Group. Cancer prevalence in European registry areas.  Annals of Oncology 2002; 13: 840–865.

Quinn M, Wood H, Cooper N, Rowan S. Cancer Atlas of the United Kingdom and Ireland 1991-2000. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005.

Sant M, Allemani C, Capocaccia R, et al.  Stage at diagnosis is a key explanation of differences in breast cancer survival across Europe.  Int J Cancer 2003; 106:416-422.

Sant M, Allemani C, Berrino F, et al. Breast carcinoma survival in Europe and the USA: a population-based study. Cancer 2004;100(4):715.722.

Stockton DL.  Sustaining Change: Cancer Incidence Projections for Scotland (2001-2020) - An Aid to Planning Cancer Services.  Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2004.

Key policy documents:

Clinical Standards Board for Scotland. Breast cancer services: National overview. Edinburgh: CSBS, 2002.

Scottish Executive Health Department. Cancer in Scotland: Action for change.  Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2001.

Scottish Executive Health Department. Cancer in Scotland: Sustaining change.  Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2004.

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Sign 84: Management of breast cancer in womenPDF Button(452Kb). Edinburgh: SIGN, 2005.
(see also the Sign 84: Quick reference guidePDF Button(167Kb)