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Digital breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer diagnosis in women with dense breasts and additional breast cancer risk factors: A systematic review – Smriti Raichand et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-07-30T15:47:29+10:00Breast cancer, Breast density, Cancer, Imaging, Publications, Screening, Women's health|

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) may improve sensitivity in population screening. However, evidence is currently limited on the performance of DBT in patients at a higher risk of breast cancer. This systematic review compares the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of DBT, digital mammography (DM), and ultrasound, [...]

Factors associated with private or public breast cancer screening attendance in Queensland, Australia: A retrospective cross-sectional study – Tong Li et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-07-30T12:16:47+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Publications, Screening, Women's health|

This study aimed to estimate participation in private breast screening in Queensland, Australia, where public-funded screening is implemented, and to identify factors associated with the screening setting, using an online survey (999 female respondents aged 40-74). Screening-specific and socio-demographic factors were collected. Multivariable logistic regression [...]

Mammography Screening Preferences Among Screening-Eligible Women in Their 40s : A National U.S. Survey – Laura D Scherer et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-07-30T12:06:55+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Decision aids, Publications, Screening, Shared decision making, Women's health|

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently changed its recommendation for mammography screening from informed decision making to biennial screening for women aged 40 to 49 years. Although many women welcome this change, some may prefer not to be screened at age 40 years. [...]

Breast cancer screening from age 40 in the US – Katy JL Bell et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-07-30T11:45:58+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Health policy, Overdiagnosis, Publications, Risk, Screening, Women's health|

The US Preventive Services Task Force has updated its recommendation for the age when all women should start mammography screening, lowering it from 50 to 40. This change immediately affects more than 20 million American women and other people assigned female at birth who are [...]

Frequency and characteristics of errors by artificial intelligence (AI) in reading screening mammography: a systematic review – Aileen Zeng et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-07-30T10:02:38+10:00AI, Breast cancer, Cancer, Publications, Screening|

Artificial intelligence (AI) for reading breast screening mammograms could potentially replace (some) human-reading and improve screening effectiveness. This systematic review aims to identify and quantify the types of AI errors to better understand the consequences of implementing this technology.

The Conversation – Breast cancer screening in Australia may change. Here’s what we know so far

Krista Verlis2024-07-29T14:08:30+10:00Breast cancer, News, Screening, Women's health|

The way women are screened for breast cancer in Australia may change. There’s international debate on the age women should be invited for screening. But an even larger change being considered worldwide is whether to screen women at high and low risk of breast cancer differently. But what such a [...]

Breast cancer highlights from 2023: Knowledge to guide practice and future research – Maria-Joao Cardoso et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:10:04+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Publications, Women's health|

This narrative work highlights a selection of published work from 2023 with potential implications for breast cancer practice. We feature publications that have provided new knowledge immediately relevant to patient care or for future research. We also highlight guidelines that have reported evidence-based or consensus [...]

Systematic review and meta-analysis of prognostic characteristics for breast cancers in populations with digital vs film mammography indicate the transition may have increased both early detection and overdiagnosis – Rachel Farber et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-03T15:58:10+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Imaging, Overdiagnosis, Publications, Screening, Women's health|

Film mammography has been replaced by digital mammography in breast screening programs globally. This led to a small increase in the rate of detection, but whether the detection of clinically important cancers increased is uncertain. We aimed to assess the impact on tumor characteristics of [...]

Factors influencing the time to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer among women in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review – Ranjeeta Subedi et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-04-10T17:24:54+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Insurance, Publications, Screening, Treatment, Underdiagnosis, Women's health|

Shorter time from symptoms recognition to diagnosis and timely treatment would be expected to improve the survival of patients with breast cancer (BC). This review identifies and summarizes evidence on time to diagnosis and treatment, and associated factors to inform an improved BC care pathways [...]

Breast Cancer Stage and Size Detected with Film versus Digital Mammography in New South Wales, Australia: A Population-Based Study Using Routinely Collected Data – Rachel Farber et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-04-07T16:18:13+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Imaging, Overdiagnosis, Publications, Screening|

Digital mammography has replaced film mammography in breast screening programs globally, including Australia. This led to an increase in the rate of detection, but whether there was increased detection of clinically important cancers is uncertain. In this population-wide retrospective cohort study in New South Wales, [...]

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