The impact of the BreastScreen NSW transition from film to digital mammography, 2002-2016: a linked population health data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the impact of the transition from film to digital mammography in the Australian national breast cancer screening program.

Study design

Retrospective linked population health data analysis (New South Wales Central Cancer Registry, BreastScreen NSW); interrupted time series analysis.

Setting

New South Wales, 2002-2016.

Participants

Women aged 40 years or older with breast cancer diagnosed during 2002-2017 who had been screened by BreastScreen NSW and for whom complete follow-up information until the end of the recommended re-screening interval was available.

Intervention

Transition from film to digital mammography; 2009 defined as transition year (digital mammography becomes dominant screening modality).

Main outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Farber R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787811 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature