Here our goal is to provide a review of the published literature on mammographic density and breast cancer risk and provide evidenced-based information for clinicians reporting mammographic screening ...

Doctor is working with mammography X-ray scanner in hospital A study in The Lancet Oncology examined the age when breast cancer screenings commonly begin, and whether researchers feel it should be ...

Mammographic screening before age 50 years is less effective than at older ages and the associated radiation risks are higher. We estimated how many breast cancer deaths could be caused and how many ...

High mammographic density is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, and of all known breast cancer risk factors has the greatest attributable fraction. Mammographic density is estimated ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Women who have a breast density of 75 percent or higher on a mammogram have a risk of breast cancer that is four to five times greater than that of women with little or no density, ...

I was troubled by the lack of a cost–benefit analysis in the article by Fletcher and Elmore on the effectiveness of mammography for screening for breast cancer (April 24 issue). 1 In fairness, their ...

Taking insulin for diabetes appeared to increase mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer, according to results of a prospective cohort study of Danish women presented at the 10th ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objectives: To examine the trends in the incidence rates of breast cancer in a population with mammographic screening and in the unscreened ...

An Australian study has revealed that certain breast cancer genetic variants increase mammographic density, confirming the link between mammographic breast density and breast cancer. A University of ...

Women who have a breast density of 75 percent or higher on a mammogram have a risk of breast cancer that is four to five times greater than that of women with little or no density, making mammographic ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Standardization of Estrogen Receptor Measurement in Breast Cancer Suggests False-Negative Results Are a Function of Threshold Intensity Rather Than Percentage of Positive Cells In three case-control ...