The central MSP database MaSc offers the screening history of all MSP participants. The established uniform encryption methods employed in the EKR-NRW are used for linking records from the three data sources in one data-merging center (DZS). To this end, data are first captured in standardized...
Data from 2,717,801 (NRW) and 1,197,660 (NDS) screening examinations between 2006 and 2011 were linked with data of the State Cancer Registry NRW and the Epidemiological Cancer Registry NDS, respectively. Breast cancers (invasive and in situ) were either detected at screening or diagnosed ...