Minor influence of self-selection bias on the effectiveness of breast cancer screening in case-control studies in the Netherlands. Journal of medical screening, Sept 2011, Vol. 18(3), p. 142-146
Paap, E., et al.
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Self-selection bias is considered to be a problem when evaluating the effectiveness of breast cancer service screening in case-control studies. Using the incidence-based mortality method (IBM), a correction factor for the potential influence of self-selection can be derived from a group of non-screened women and a group of not-invited women.
