Comparative Effectiveness of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Mammography in Older Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has become a prevalent mode of breast cancer screening in recent years. Although older women are commonly screened for breast cancer, little is known about screening outcomes using DBT among older women.

Objective

To assess proximal screening outcomes with DBT compared to traditional two-dimensional(2-D) mammography among women 67-74 and women 75 and older.

Design

Cohort study.

Participants

Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 67 years and older with no history of prior cancer who received a screening mammogram in 2015.

Main measures

Use of subsequent imaging (ultrasound and diagnostic mammography) as an indication of recall, breast cancer detection, and characteristics of breast cancer at the time of

SUBMITTER: Upneja A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature