%0 Journal Article
%T Density and tailored breast cancer screening: practice and prediction
¨C an overview
%A Georg J Wengert
%A Katja Pinker
%A Panagiotis Kapetas
%A Pascal AT Baltzer
%A Thomas H Helbich
%J Archive of "Acta Radiologica Open".
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2058460118791212
%X Mammography, as the primary screening modality, has facilitated a substantial decrease in breast cancer-related mortality in the general population. However, the sensitivity of mammography for breast cancer detection is decreased in women with higher breast densities, which is an independent risk factor for breast cancer. With increasing public awareness of the implications of a high breast density, there is an increasing demand for supplemental screening in these patients. Yet, improvements in breast cancer detection with supplemental screening methods come at the expense of increased false-positives, recall rates, patient anxiety, and costs. Therefore, breast cancer screening practice must change from a general one-size-fits-all approach to a more personalized, risk-based one that is tailored to the individual womanĄŻs risk, personal beliefs, and preferences, while accounting for cost, potential harm, and benefits
%K Screening
%K breast density
%K breast
%K mammography
%K ultrasound
%K MRI
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6144518/