Accuracy of screening mammography varies by week of menstrual cycle.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate sensitivity, specificity, and cancer detection rate of screening mammography according to week of menstrual cycle among premenopausal women.

Materials and methods

In this institutional review board-approved HIPAA-compliant study, sensitivity, specificity, and cancer detection rate of 387,218 screening mammograms linked to 1283 breast cancers in premenopausal women according to week of menstrual cycle were studied by using prospectively collected information from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Logistic regression analysis was used to test for differences in mammography performance according to week of menstrual cycle, adjusting for age and registry.

Results

Overall, screening mammography performance did not differ according to week of

SUBMITTER: Miglioretti DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3029886 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature