Breast Cancer Incidence After a False-Positive Mammography Result.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

False-positive mammography results are common. However, long-term outcomes after a false-positive result remain unclear.

Objectives

To examine long-term outcomes after a false-positive mammography result and to investigate whether the association of a false-positive mammography result with cancer differs by baseline characteristics, tumor characteristics, and time since the false-positive result.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, matched cohort study was conducted in Sweden from January 1, 1991, to March 31, 2020. It included 45 213 women who received a first false-positive mammography result between 1991 and 2017 and 452 130 controls matched on age, calendar year of mammography, and screening history (no previous false-positive resul

SUBMITTER: Mao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623302 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature