The effect of volumetric breast density on the risk of screen-detected and interval breast cancers: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the light of the breast density legislation in the USA, it is important to know a woman's breast cancer risk, but particularly her risk of a tumor that is not detected through mammographic screening (interval cancer). Therefore, we examined the associations of automatically measured volumetric breast density with screen-detected and interval cancer risk, separately.

Methods

Volumetric breast measures were assessed automatically using Volpara version 1.5.0 (Matakina, New Zealand) for the first available digital mammography (DM) examination of 52,814 women (age 50 - 75 years) participating in the Dutch biennial breast cancer screening program between 2003 and 2011. Breast cancer information was obtained from the screening registration system and through linkage w

SUBMITTER: Wanders JOP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5460501 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature