Diagnosis & Disease Information

After adjustment for prescreening temporal trends, decrease varied from 21% to 48%.

Middle-aged breast cancer patients undergoing screening mammography are statistically less likely to be treated with chemotherapy compared to non-screened patients.

Breast tomosynthesis during diagnostic screening mammography results in less use of ultrasound, fewer biopsies, and higher positive predictive value for cancer.

Women tend to overestimate the radiation risk associated with mammography.

False-positive mammogram results are tied to increased short-term, but not long-term, anxiety.

Compared with screen-film mammography (SFM), full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is associated with reduced recall and biopsy rates.

Risk models, decision aids need further optimization to avoid overdiagnosis.