Using observational data to emulate a target trial of continuing screening mammography

In this journal club, I discussed the paper “Continuation of Annual Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Older Than 70 Years”. Using this paper as an excellent example, I discussed the framework of target trial emulation. The slide is in Chinese.

If you want to know more about target trial emulation, check out these resources:

• the video by Professor Miguel Hernán
• the paper by Professor Miguel Hernán
• the web-based tool to support the emulation of a target trial using observational data

If you are a Chinese scholar, you may want to see an introduction material in Chinese:

• the article by me