Association Between False-Positive Results and Return to Screening Mammography in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

False-positive results on screening mammography may affect women's willingness to return for future screening.

Objective

To evaluate the association between screening mammography results and the probability of subsequent screening.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

177 facilities participating in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC).

Patients

3 529 825 screening mammograms (3 184 482 true negatives and 345 343 false positives) performed from 2005 to 2017 among 1 053 672 women aged 40 to 73 years without a breast cancer diagnosis.

Measurements

Mammography results (true-negative result or false-positive recall with a recommendation for immediate additional imaging only, short-interval follow-up, or biopsy) from 1 or 2 screening mam

SUBMITTER: Miglioretti DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11970968 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature