Open AccessRacial/ethnic differences in supplemental imaging for breast cancer screening in women with dense breasts
Author(s) -
Charlotte Ezratty,
Suzanne Vang,
Jordonna Brown,
Laurie R. Margolies,
Lina Jandorf,
Jenny Lin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
breast cancer research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.908
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1573-7217
pISSN - 0167-6806
DOI - 10.1007/s10549-020-05652-z
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , breast cancer , logistic regression , breast imaging , ethnic group , cohort , retrospective cohort study , breast cancer screening , breast ultrasound , cancer , gynecology , obstetrics , demography , sociology , anthropology
Mammography is limited when analyzing dense breasts for 2 reasons: (1) breast density masks underlying cancers and (2) breast density is an independent risk factor for cancer. We undertook this study to assess whether there is a racial/ethnic difference in supplemental image ordering for women with dense breasts.