Cumulative risk of false positive test in relation to breast symptoms in mammography screening: a historical prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Mammography has been found effective as the primary screening test for breast cancer. We estimated the cumulative probability of false positive screening test results with respect to symptom history reported at screen. A historical prospective cohort study was done using individual screening data from 413,611 women aged 50-69 years with 2,627,256 invitations for mammography screening between 1992 and 2012 in Finland. Symptoms (lump, retraction, and secretion) were reported at 56,805 visits, and 48,873 visits resulted in a false positive mammography result. Generalized linear models were used to estimate the probability of at least one false positive test and true positive at screening visits. The estimates were compared among women with and without symptoms history. The estimated cumulativ

SUBMITTER: Singh D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5012157 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature