Risk-Adapted Starting Age of Screening for Relatives of Patients With Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Breast cancer screening guidelines acknowledge the need for earlier screening for women at increased risk but provide limited guidance for women with a family history of breast cancer. A risk-adapted starting age of screening for relatives of patients with breast cancer may help supplement current screening guidelines.

Objective

To identify the risk-adapted starting age of breast cancer screening on the basis of a woman's detailed family history.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide cohort study analyzed data recorded in the Swedish family-cancer data sets. All women born from 1932 onward and with at least 1 known first-degree relative (FDR) were included (N = 5 099 172). Data from January 1, 1958, to December 31, 2015, were collected. Data wer

SUBMITTER: Mukama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6865319 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature