Use of Breast Cancer Risk Factors to Identify Risk-Adapted Starting Age of Screening in China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although current guidelines highlight the need for earlier screening in women at increased risk of breast cancer in China, data on risk-adapted starting ages of screening are limited.

Objective

To explore the risk-adapted starting age of breast cancer screening in China, with comprehensive consideration of breast cancer risk factors.

Design, setting, and participants

A multicenter community-based cohort study was conducted under the framework of the Cancer Screening Program in Urban China. Data were collected from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2018, for unscreened community-dwelling women aged 40 to 74 years without a history of cancer, kidney dysfunction, or severe heart, brain, or lung disease. Data analysis was performed from October 1, 2021, to Augus

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650608 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature