Solveig Hofvind

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Mammografiseksjonen

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Institutt for naturvitenskapelige helsefag

OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet

Solveig Hofvind er ph.d., leder for Mammografiprogrammet og professor i radiografi.

Articles by Solveig Hofvind

Attendance in BreastScreen Norway among immigrant and Norwegian-born women

Sameer Bhargava,
Gunhild Mangerud,
Solveig Hofvind

01.02.2021: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women and one of the most frequent causes of cancer deaths in Norway (1). Mammographic screening is a secondary preventive healthcare measure, the objective of which is to reduce breast cancer mortality through detection and treatment of the...

Surgical treatment of breast cancer in Norway 2003–2018

Helle Kristine Skjerven,
Anders Skyrud Danielsen,
Ellen Schlichting,
Kristine Kleivi Sahlberg,
Solveig Hofvind

26.10.2020: International studies with 20 years of follow-up have shown that breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy have similar results with respect to breast cancer survival, and that breast-conserving surgery is in the process of replacing mastectomy (1–3). Studies have also shown that breast-conserving...

Organised mammographic screening – more benefits than harms

Solveig Hofvind

19.03.2013: Recent European pooled analyses indicate that mammographic screening reduces breast cancer mortality, but entails a certain risk of overdiagnosis and false positive screening results. In Norway, as I see it, we lack valid results concerning mammographic screening and breast cancer mortality...