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Chapter 5: Additional Common Inputs for Analyzing Impact of Adjuvant Therapy and Mammography on U.S. Mortality
Affiliations of authors: Statistical Research and Application Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (KAC, ABM, EJF); Cornerstone Systems, Lynden, WA (LDC)
Correspondence to: Kathleen A. Cronin, PhD, Statistical Research and Applications Branch, 6116 Executive Blvd., Ste. 504, Bethesda, MD 20892-8317 (e-mail: cronink{at}mail.nih.gov).
In estimating the impact of mammography and adjuvant treatment on U.S. breast cancer mortality rates, several parameters were common to all the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) models participating in the breast cancer base case. Models either used the parameters directly as input or calibrated their models to reproduce the common set of parameters. This chapter describes the common input parameters that are not specifically discussed elsewhere in the monograph.