Accuracy and outcomes of screening mammography in women with a personal history of early-stage breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Women with a personal history of breast cancer (PHBC) are at risk of developing another breast cancer and are recommended for screening mammography. Few high-quality data exist on screening performance in PHBC women.

Objective

To examine the accuracy and outcomes of mammography screening in PHBC women relative to screening of similar women without PHBC.

Design and setting

Cohort of PHBC women, mammogram matched to non-PHBC women, screened through facilities (1996-2007) affiliated with the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium.

Participants

There were 58,870 screening mammograms in 19,078 women with a history of early-stage (in situ or stage I-II invasive) breast cancer and 58,870 matched (breast density, age group, mammography year, and registry) screen

SUBMITTER: Houssami N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3799940 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature