Breast biopsy patterns and findings among older women undergoing screening mammography: The role of age and comorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited evidence exists on the impact of age and comorbidity on biopsy rates and findings among older women.

Materials and methods

We used data from 170,657 women ages 66-94 enrolled in the United States Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC). We estimated one-year rates of biopsy by type (any, fine-needle aspiration (FNA), core or surgical) and yield of the most invasive biopsy finding (benign, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast cancer) by age and comorbidity. Statistical significance was assessed using Wald statistics comparing coefficients estimated from logistic regression models adjusted for age, comorbidity, BCSC registry, and interaction between age and comorbidity.

Results

Of 524,860 screening mammograms, 9830 biopsies were

SUBMITTER: Advani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9450010 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature