Dense Breasts: What Do Our Patients Need to Be Told and Why?

More than 50 % of states have state-mandated density notification for patients with heterogeneously or extremely dense breasts. Increased breast density carries a risk of masking a cancer and delaying diagnosis. Supplemental imaging is optional and often recommended for certain patients. There are n...

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Published inAnnals of surgical oncology Vol. 23; no. 10; pp. 3119 - 3127
Main Authors Throckmorton, Alyssa D., Rhodes, Deborah J., Hughes, Kevin S., Degnim, Amy C., Dickson-Witmer, Diana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Breast Density
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Breast Oncology
Communication
Early Detection of Cancer
Female
Humans
Legislation, Medical
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mammography - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Molecular Imaging
Oncology
Patient Education as Topic
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Ultrasonography, Mammary
Mammographic Density
Dense Breast
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Cancer Detection Rate
Cadmium Zinc Telluride
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Summary:More than 50 % of states have state-mandated density notification for patients with heterogeneously or extremely dense breasts. Increased breast density carries a risk of masking a cancer and delaying diagnosis. Supplemental imaging is optional and often recommended for certain patients. There are no evidence-based consensus guidelines for screening patients with density as their only risk factor. Breast cancer risk assessment and breast cancer prevention strategies should be discussed with women with dense breasts.
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ISSN:1068-9265
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DOI:10.1245/s10434-016-5400-3