Lead Time in Breast Cancer Detection and Implications for Periodicity of Screening1

Journal Article LEAD TIME IN BREAST CANCER DETECTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PERIODICITY OF SCREENING Get access SAM SHAPIRO, SAM SHAPIRO 2Health Services Research and Development Center, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions624 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 Address for reprint requests. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar JUDITH D. GOLDBERG, JUDITH D. GOLDBERG 3Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar GEORGE B. HUTCHISON GEORGE B. HUTCHISON 4Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public HealthBoston, Mass Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 100, Issue 5, November 1974, Pages 357–366, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112046 Published: 01 November 1974 Article history Received: 26 February 1974 Accepted: 10 June 1974 Published: 01 November 1974