美国休斯顿Anderson肿瘤中心生物统计学和应用数学研究所的研究人员应用模拟技术,评估了筛查性乳房造影术和辅助治疗对降低美国1975-2000年间乳腺癌病死率的相对和绝对影响,并发表于N Engl J Med 杂志。研究人员开发了7个相互独立、有关乳腺癌发病率和病死率的统计学模型。所有7组人员利用相同的资源获取有关使用筛查性乳房造影术、辅助治疗以及在 Researchers at the Institute for Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics at Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA, used simulation techniques to assess the relative and absolute impact of screening mammography and adjuvant therapy on reducing breast cancer mortality in the United States from 1975 to 2000 and published In N Engl J Med magazine. The researchers developed seven independent statistical models of breast cancer morbidity and mortality. All seven groups used the same resources to obtain information on the use of screening mammography, adjuvant therapy, and at