NCAB Considers Mammography Screening Issues; Forms Working Group

Screening Mammography

OBJECTIVE . We evaluated the association between clinical image quality and breast cancer occurrence within 24 months of a negative mammogram. MATERIALS AND METHODS . We identified women with breast cancer who were younger than 40 years old and older and screened from January 1, 1988, through December 31, 1993. We retrospectively assigned Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) asses...

Benefits of screening mammography.

Breast cancer is a leading cause of premature death for women in their 40s, and mammographic screening significantly reduces the risk of death due to breast cancer. The latter was the conclusion of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of screening mammography. The USPSTF concluded, however, that the absolute benefit from routine...

AMWA endorses uniform mammography screening.

Screening mammography under age 50.

MAMMOGRAPHY IS A SCREENING procedure that has decreased the risk of death from breast cancerby25%to30%,asshownin7randomized studies (TABLE 1). It can detect breast cancer or carcinoma in situ at 5 to10mmindiameter.Mostphysicians cannotreliablydetectlesionssmallerthan 10mmonphysicalexamination,andpatientsgenerallyseekmedicalattentionfor lesions that are 25 mm or larger. Of women with known breas...

EUSOMA review of mammography screening.

In 1993 the European Society of Mastology concluded that regular mammography screening reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer. The evidence came from a meta-analysis of six randomised controlled trials that collectively showed a statistically significant 22% reduction in breast cancer mortality. The effect is clear in women aged >/=50 years but there is uncertainty in women aged <50 years...