Tag: Mammography
USPSTF Recommends Breast Cancer Screening for Women Aged 40 to 75 Years
Insufficient evidence seen for screening older women and for supplemental screening for women with dense breasts
AI Model Reduces False Positives in Screening Mammograms
Other benefits include reduction in unnecessary procedures, patient anxiety, and medical expenses
Barriers to Mammogram Use Include Adverse Social Demographics
Lower prevalence of mammogram seen for women with three or more versus no adverse social determinants of health, health-related social needs
Low-Dose Positron Emission Mammography Helps ID Breast Cancer
In a cohort of 25 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, 24 cancers were identified with PEM
Most Women Say Clinicians Have Conversations About Breast Density
However, variation seen by race, ethnicity, and health literacy
Small Proportion of Advanced Breast Cancers Due to Biennial Versus Annual Mammogram
BMI population attributable risk proportions highest for premenopausal and postmenopausal Blacks, postmenopausal Hispanic/Latinx
SABCS: Outcomes No Worse for Survivors With Less Frequent Mammograms
Breast cancer-specific survival at five years noninferior with less frequent mammograms versus annual mammograms
Risk for Breast Cancer Examined After False-Positive Mammogram
Higher hazard ratios seen for women aged 60 to 75 years at examination, with lower mammographic breast density
Use of AI Plus One Radiologist Noninferior for Detecting Breast Cancer
Double reading by one radiologist plus AI noninferior to standard-of-care double reading by two radiologists
Diagnostic Performance of AI Comparable to Humans for Mammograms
Diagnostic performance comparable for two test sets from the Personal Performance in Mammographic Screening scheme