Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review to Update the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 66. de Koning HJ, Boer R, Warmerdam PG, et al. Quantitative interpretation of age-specific mortality reductions fr...
Main Outcomes and MeasuresInfant mortality; maternal mortality; 5-year survival of patients with colon cancer, breast cancer, or childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia; and 30-day age-standardized case fatality after acute myocardial infarction. ResultsThe infant mortality rate among White US citizens in ...
All organizations recommend mammography to screen for breast cancer but differ in the age at which to initiate mammograms, screening interval, and the age at which to stop screening. The final decision regarding breast cancer screening should be individualized based on the patient鈥檚 needs and ...
All organizations recommend mammography to screen for breast cancer but differ in the age at which to initiate mammograms, screening interval, and the age at which to stop screening. The final decision regarding breast cancer screening should be individualized based on the patient's needs and ...
To explore this issue, researchers recruited 2,120 women who underwent a prospective, two-center, comparative, diagnostic-accuracy study. Participants (age 40 to 70) had normal screening mammograms and, in dense breasts, normal screening ultrasound at the time of study inclusion. “Prior MRI...
(n = 46,081) screening mammogram and 2 years after a breast cancer diagnosis (n = 6011). Mean overall healthcare costs by age were highest for those 60–74, particularly with annual screening for family/personal history (CAD 5425; 95% CI: 5308 to 5557) compared to biennial. Although ...
Healthcare costs were compared overall and 1 year after a false positive (n = 46,081) screening mammogram and 2 years after a breast cancer diagnosis (n = 6011). Mean overall healthcare costs by age were highest for those 60–74, particularly with annual screening for family/personal ...