Long-term Accuracy of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Combining Classic Risk Factors and Breast Density.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Accurate long-term breast cancer risk assessment for women attending routine screening could help reduce the disease burden and intervention-associated harms by personalizing screening recommendations and preventive interventions.

Objective

To report the accuracy of risk assessment for breast cancer during a period of 19 years.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of the Kaiser Permanente Washington breast imaging registry included women without previous breast cancer, aged 40 to 73 years, who attended screening from January 1, 1996, through December 31, 2013. Follow-up was completed on December 31, 2014, and data were analyzed from March 2, 2016, through November 13, 2017.

Exposures

Risk factors from a questionnaire and breast density

SUBMITTER: Brentnall AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143016 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature