Did false-positive mammograms deter women from undergoing future breast cancer screening per guidelines?
False-positive mammograms do not deter women from undergoing future screening, according a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Auroraperformed a retrospective cohort study to assess if women who received false-positive mammograms would continue with testing in line with screening mammography guidelines, compared with women who had negative mammograms. They looked for differences in time between mammograms by prior recall status, after adjusting for exam location (outpatient office or a mobile unit), and age.
The researchers assessed data from women who were older than 40 who received 9,385 consecutive, nonbaseline screening mammograms between December 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013. They evaluated the association between compliance with screening guidelines and the recall status on prior mammogram, and compared by location the proportions of noncompliant women who were recalled from prior mammogram.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_crop","fid":"49432","attributes":{"alt":"Breast screening","class":"media-image media-image-right","id":"media_crop_3787265659229","media_crop_h":"0","media_crop_image_style":"-1","media_crop_instance":"5963","media_crop_rotate":"0","media_crop_scale_h":"0","media_crop_scale_w":"0","media_crop_w":"0","media_crop_x":"0","media_crop_y":"0","style":"height: 145px; width: 170px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 1px; float: right;","title":"©Sam 72/Shutterstock.com","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]
The results showed that the time between mammograms did not differ based on prior recall status and there was no association between compliance with screening mammography guidelines and recall status on prior mammogram. The researchers noted that women who were noncompliant were more likely to undergo mammography at the outpatient office rather than the mobile unit.
The researchers concluded that prior false-positive mammograms were not a significant deterrent to compliance with screening guidelines in those women who return for screening.
Mammography and Breast MRI: Is it Time to Evaluate Strategies as Opposed to Modalities?
July 5th 2024The combination of mammography with breast MRI within 90 days had a 96.2 percent sensitivity in comparison to 48.1 percent for mammography and 79.7 percent for breast MRI performed within 91 to 270 days after index mammography, according to newly published research.
ACR Collaborative Model Leads to 35 Percent Improvement with Mammography Positioning Criteria
July 1st 2024Noting significant variation with facilities for achieving passing criteria for mammography positioning, researchers found that structured interventions, ranging from weekly auditing of images taken by technologists to mechanisms for feedback from radiologists to technologists, led to significant improvements in a multicenter study.