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Medicine, General & Internal
Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Wenli Dong, Ying Xu, Ruth Etzioni, Yu Shen
Summary: The study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening strategies stratified by breast density, concluding that baseline mammography at age 40 is effective and cost-effective.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Soo-Yeon Kim, Nariya Cho, Hyunsook Hong, Youkyoung Lee, Heera Yoen, Yeon Soo Kim, Ah Reum Park, Su Min Ha, Su Hyun Lee, Jung Min Chang, Woo Kyung Moon
Summary: This study compared the efficacy of abbreviated breast MRI with full-protocol MRI in women with a personal history of breast cancer. The results showed that abbreviated MRI had comparable sensitivity and higher specificity, making it suitable for breast cancer detection in these women.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Vivian Y. Park, Min Jung Kim, Ga Ram Kim, Jung Hyun Yoon
Summary: Following a negative screening MRI result in women with a personal history of breast cancer, 90% of subsequent cancers were detected at intervals longer than 24 months and the rate of second in-breast cancers was low at 1%.MRI showed a lower abnormal interpretation rate and higher specificity than mammography or US.
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Oncology
Xinhe Mao, Wei He, Mikael Eriksson, Linda S. Lindstroem, Natalie Holowko, Svetlana Bajalica-Lagercrantz, Mattias Hammarstrom, Felix Grassmann, Keith Humphreys, Douglas Easton, Per Hall, Kamila Czene
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether common risk factors, mammographic features, and breast cancer risk prediction scores were associated with breast cancer risk for sisters. The results showed that higher breast cancer polygenic risk score, a history of benign breast disease, and higher breast density were all associated with increased breast cancer risk for both the women and their sisters.
JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Laura B. Beidler, Nancy R. Kressin, Jolie B. Wormwood, Tracy A. Battaglia, Priscilla J. Slanetz, Christine M. Gunn
Summary: Breast density is an independent risk factor for breast cancer, but there is little understanding of how women perceive the relative breast cancer risk associated with it. This study investigated women's perception of breast density compared to other breast cancer risks and explored their understanding of risk reduction through telephone surveys and interviews.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ga Ram Kim, Nariya Cho, Soo-Yeon Kim, Wonshik Han, Woo Kyung Moon
Summary: The study found that the performance of screening breast MRI in women with a personal history of breast cancer was sustained across multiple rounds. A first-degree family history of breast cancer, estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-negative primary cancers, and moderate or marked background parenchymal enhancement on MRI were independently associated with the risk of developing interval cancers.
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Oncology
Peh Joo Ho, Fuh Yong Wong, Wen Yee Chay, Elaine Hsuen Lim, Zi Lin Lim, Kee Seng Chia, Mikael Hartman, Jingmei Li
Summary: Breast cancer incidence is rising in Asia, but many women in Singapore do not attend routine mammography screening. By utilizing the Gail model and information from the first screen, researchers were able to identify high-risk women and improve the prediction of breast cancer in this population. This risk stratification method has the potential to detect more cancers and benefit women in the long term.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jingwen Zhang, Julia E. McGuinness, Xin He, Tarsha Jones, Thomas Silverman, Ashlee Guzman, Benjamin L. May, Rita Kukafka, Katherine D. Crew
Summary: According to a retrospective cohort study, the majority of women continue to undergo annual mammography screening despite only a minority meeting high-risk criteria, with Hispanic women being more likely to screen annually than non-Hispanic Whites.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Oncology
Claire M. Eden, Georgia Syrnioti, Josh Johnson, Genevieve Fasano, Solange Bayard, Chase Alston, Anni Liu, Xi Kathy Zhou, Tammy Ju, Lisa A. Newman, Manmeet Malik
Summary: Asian American women have low rates of breast cancer screening, and the lack of disaggregated racial/ethnic data can hide disparities. In two hospitals in New York, Asian patients have different presentation patterns, with Chinese patients more often presenting with screen-detected early-stage breast cancer.
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Wendie A. A. Berg, Margarita L. L. Zuley, Thomas S. S. Chang, Terri-Ann Gizienski, Denise M. M. Chough, Marcela Bohm-Velez, Danielle E. E. Sharek, Michelle R. R. Straka, Christiane M. M. Hakim, Jamie Y. Y. Hartman, Kimberly S. S. Harnist, Cathy S. S. Tyma, Amy E. E. Kelly, Uzma Waheed, Golbahar Houshmand, Bronwyn E. E. Nair, Dilip D. D. Shinde, Amy H. H. Lu, Andriy I. I. Bandos, Jeremy M. M. Berg, Nicole B. B. Lettiere, Marie A. A. Ganott
Summary: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) alone or combined with technologist-performed handheld screening ultrasound (US) in women with dense breasts. The study found that adding US screening can increase the detection rate of breast cancer, but it also leads to an increase in false-positive results and benign biopsies.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ritse M. Mann, Alexandra Athanasiou, Pascal A. T. Baltzer, Julia Camps-Herrero, Paola Clauser, Eva M. Fallenberg, Gabor Forrai, Michael H. Fuchsjaeger, Thomas H. Helbich, Fleur Killburn-Toppin, Mihai Lesaru, Pietro Panizza, Federica Pediconi, Ruud M. Pijnappel, Katja Pinker, Francesco Sardanelli, Tamar Sella, Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, Sophia Zackrisson, Fiona J. Gilbert, Christiane K. Kuhl
Summary: Breast density is an independent risk factor for breast cancer and reduces the effectiveness of mammography. Recent studies show that contrast-enhanced breast MRI can significantly reduce breast cancer mortality and is cost-effective for women with extremely dense breasts. Therefore, the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) recommends informing women about their breast density and offering screening breast MRI every 2 to 4 years for women aged 50 to 70 with extremely dense breasts.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2022)
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Oncology
Jing Wang, Marcel J. W. Greuter, Karin M. Vermeulen, Frank B. Brokken, Monique D. Dorrius, Wenli Lu, Geertruida H. de Bock
Summary: The study suggests that biennial AP-MRI screening from age 50-65 for women with extremely dense breasts may be a cost-effective alternative to mammography, with a higher likelihood of cost-effectiveness at a threshold of euro 20,000/LYG.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Fabian Tollens, Pascal A. T. Baltzer, Matthias Dietzel, Moritz L. Schnitzer, Vincent Schwarze, Wolfgang G. Kunz, Johann Rink, Johannes Ruebenthaler, Matthias F. Froelich, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Clemens G. Kaiser
Summary: This model-based economic study analyzed the cost-effectiveness of full protocol breast MRI (FB-MRI) vs. abbreviated breast MRI (AB-MRI) in screening women with dense breast tissue for breast cancer. The results showed that AB-MRI could be considered cost-effective as long as the costs per examination did not exceed 82% of the cost of a FB-MRI examination.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ann Yi, Myoung-jin Jang, Dahae Yim, Bo Ra Kwon, Sung Ui Shin, Jung Min Chang
Summary: The study evaluated the additional value of supplemental breast ultrasound screening following DM/DBT and found that adding breast ultrasound after DM/DBT can increase the detection rate of breast cancer in women at average risk.
Review
Oncology
Carlos Canelo-Aybar, Margarita Posso, Nadia Montero, Ivan Sola, Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Stephen W. Duffy, Markus Follmann, Axel Graewingholt, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Pablo Alonso-Coello
Summary: For women aged 50-69, annual mammography screening may have some additional benefits but increase false positive results compared to biennial screening, while triennial screening may have smaller benefits with fewer harms. In younger women, annual screening has smaller gains in benefits and more harms compared to biennial screening. For women aged 70-74, shorter screening intervals result in fewer additional harms and similar benefits.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2022)