Racial Differences in Screening Eligibility by Breast Density After State-Level Insurance Expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women with dense breasts have elevated risk of false-negative mammograms and may benefit from supplemental screening.

Objective

To assess potential outcomes of Pennsylvania's law mandating insurance coverage for supplemental breast cancer screening among Black and White women.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included Black and White women, aged 40 to 74 years, without prior breast cancer or known BRCA1/2 variants who underwent mammography screening at a large urban academic health system from January 2015 to December 2021, with cancer outcomes ascertained through December 2022. Data analysis was conducted from June 2023 to April 2025.

Exposures

Dense breasts; the law mandates insurance coverage for women with extremely de

SUBMITTER: Mahmoud MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12326280 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature