How Do Women View Risk-Based Mammography Screening? A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decades of persuasive messages have reinforced the importance of traditional screening mammography at regular intervals. A potential new paradigm, risk-based screening, adjusts mammography frequency based on a woman's estimated breast cancer risk in order to maximize mortality reduction while minimizing false positives and overdiagnosis. Women's views of risk-based screening are unknown.

Objective

To explore women's views and personal acceptability of a potential risk-based mammography screening paradigm.

Design

Four semi-structured focus group discussions about screening mammography and surveys before provision of information about risk-based screening. We analyzed coded focus group transcripts using a mixed deductive (content analysis) and inductive (grou

SUBMITTER: He X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206346 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature