Data and Code for: Mammograms and Mortality: How Has the Evidence Evolved?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Amanda Kowalski, University of Michigan

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BC_incidence_early_over40_SEER.pdf application/pdf 280.4 KB 12/04/2020 07:36:AM
BC_incidence_late_over40_SEER.pdf application/pdf 279.9 KB 12/04/2020 07:04:AM
BC_mortality_female_under50_SEER.pdf application/pdf 151.9 KB 12/04/2020 11:32:AM
README.pdf application/pdf 175.9 KB 12/02/2020 12:42:PM
basic_cleaning_covariates.do text/x-stata-syntax 10.1 KB 12/03/2020 12:12:PM
bootstrap_reducedform.do text/x-stata-syntax 7 KB 12/03/2020 06:26:AM
cnbss_data_setup.do text/x-stata-syntax 38 KB 12/03/2020 05:11:AM
create_endogenous.do text/x-stata-syntax 18.8 KB 12/04/2020 04:43:AM
define_covariates_miller_definition.do text/x-stata-syntax 7.3 KB 12/03/2020 12:13:PM
identification_cancers.do text/x-stata-syntax 4.3 KB 12/03/2020 12:12:PM

Project Citation: 

Kowalski, Amanda. Data and Code for: Mammograms and Mortality: How Has the Evidence Evolved? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-04-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120902V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
Decades of evidence reveal a complicated relationship between mammograms and mortality. Mammograms may detect deadly cancers early, but they may also lead to the diagnosis and potentially fatal treatment of cancers that would never progress to cause symptoms. I provide a brief history of the evidence on mammograms and mortality, focusing on evidence from clinical trials, and I discuss how this evidence informs mammography guidelines. I then explore the evolution of all-cause mortality relative to breast cancer mortality within an influential clinical trial. I conclude with some responses to the evolving evidence.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms mammography; preventive medicine; breast cancer; overdiagnosis
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I10 Health: General
      I12 Health Behavior
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1980 – 2005
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data; program source code


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