Open AccessAge at initiation of screening mammography by family history of breast cancer in the breast cancer surveillance consortium
Author(s) -
Danielle D. Durham,
Megan C. Roberts,
Carly Paterson Khan,
Linn Abraham,
Robert A. Smith,
Karla Kerlikowske,
Diana L. Miglioretti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-020-01354-5
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , breast cancer , family history , breast cancer screening , gynecology , cancer , relative risk , epidemiology , obstetrics , mammography screening , confidence interval
Women with a first-degree family history of breast cancer (FHBC) are sometimes advised to initiate screening mammography when they are 10 years younger than the age at which their youngest relative was diagnosed, despite a lack of unambiguous evidence that this is an effective strategy. It is unknown how often this results in women initiating screening earlier (< 40 years) than screening guidelines recommend for average-risk women.