Long-term psychosocial consequences of false-positive screening mammography

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-115

  Brodersen, John ^a   Siersma, Volkert Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; False positive reactions adverse effects; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875315414     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1466     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Welch HG. Should I Be Tested for Cancer? Maybe Not and Here's Why. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press; 2004.
2. Gøtzsche PC, Hartling OJ, Nielsen M, Brodersen J, Jørgensen KJ. Breast screening: the facts-or maybe not. BMJ. 2009;338:b86.
3. Brodersen J, Jørgensen KJ, Gøtzsche PC. The benefits and harms of screening for cancer with a focus on breast screening. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2010;120(3):89-94.
4. Elmore JG, Barton MB, Moceri VM, Polk S, Arena PJ, Fletcher SW. Ten-year risk of false positive screening mammograms and clinical breast examinations. [see comments]. N Engl J Med. 1998;338(16): 1089-1096.
5. Christiansen CL, Wang F, Barton MB, et al. Predicting the cumulative risk of false-positive mammograms. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000; 92(20):1657-1666.
6. Barratt A, Howard K, Irwig L, Salkeld G, Houssami N. Model of outcomes of screening mammography: information to support informed choices. BMJ. 2005;330(7497):936-940.
7. Castells X, Molins E, Macià F. Cumulative false positive recall rate and association with participant related factors in a population based breast cancer screening programme. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006;60(4):316-321.
8. Hofvind S, Thoresen S, Tretli S. The cumulative risk of a falsepositive recall in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program. Cancer. 2004;101(7):1501-1507.
9. Njor SH, Olsen AH, Schwartz W, Vejborg I, Lynge E. Predicting the risk of a false-positive test for women following a mammography screening programme. J Med Screen. 2007;14(2):94-97.
10. Hubbard RA, Kerlikowske K, Flowers CI, Yankaskas BC, Zhu W, Miglioretti DL. Cumulative probability of false-positive recall or biopsy recommendation after 10 years of screening mammography: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2011;155(8):481-492.
11. Salz T, Richman AR, Brewer NT. Meta-analyses of the effect of false-positive mammograms on generic and specific psychosocial outcomes. Psychooncology. 2010;19(10):1026-1034.
12. Brodersen J, Thorsen H, Cockburn J. The adequacy of measurement of short and long-term consequences of false-positive screening mammography. J Med Screen. 2004;11(1):39-44.
13. Brett J, Austoker J. Women who are recalled for further investigation for breast screening: psychological consequences 3 years after recall and factors affecting re-attendance. J Public Health Med. 2001; 23(4):292-300.
14. Cockburn J, Staples M, Hurley SF, De Luise T. Psychological consequences of screening mammography. J Med Screen. 1994;1(1):7-12.
15. Gilbert FJ, Cordiner CM, Affleck IR, Hood DB, Mathieson D, Walker LG. Breast screening: the psychological sequelae of false-positive recall in women with and without a family history of breast cancer. Eur J Cancer. 1998;34(13):2010-2014.
16. Lampic C, Thurfjell E, Bergh J, Sjödén PO. Short-and long-term anxiety and depression in women recalled after breast cancer screening. Eur J Cancer. 2001;37(4):463-469.
17. Brodersen J, Thorsen H. Consequences of Screening in Breast Cancer (COS-BC): development of a questionnaire. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2008;26(4):251-256.
18. Vejborg I, Mikkelsen E, Garne JP, et al. Mammography screening in Denmark. Dan Med Bull. 2011;58(6):C4287.
19. Utzon-Frank N, Vejborg I, von Euler-Chelpin M, Lynge E. Balancing sensitivity and specificity: sixteen year's of experience from the mammography screening programme in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cancer Epidemiol. 2011;35(5):393-398.
20. Njor SH, Olsen AH, Bellstrom T, Dyreborg U, Bak M, Axelsson C et al. Mammography screening in the county of Fyn. November 1993-December 1999. APMIS Suppl. 2003;(110):1-33.
21. Brodersen J, Thorsen H, Kreiner S. Validation of a condition-specific measure for women having an abnormal screening mammography. Value Health. 2007;10(4):294-304.
22. Brodersen J. Measuring Psychosocial Consequences of False-positive Screening Results: Breast Cancer as an Example [dissertation]. Copenhagen: Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen: Månedsskrift for Praktisk Lægegerning; 2006.
23. Brodersen J, Thorsen H, Kreiner S. Consequences of screening in lung cancer: development and dimensionality of a questionnaire. Value Health. 2010;13(5):601-612.
24. Brodersen J, Meads DM, Kreiner S, Thorsen H, Doward L, McKenna SP. Methodological aspects of differential item functioning in the Rasch Model. J Med Econ. 2007;10(3):309-324.
25. Diggle PJ, Heagerty P, Liang KY, Zeger SL. The Analysis of Longitudinal Data. 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press; 2002.
26. Dufouil C, Brayne C, Clayton D. Analysis of longitudinal studies with death and drop-out: a case study. Stat Med. 2004;23(14): 2215-2226.
27. Robins JM, Rotnitzky A, Zhao LP. Analysis of semiparametric regression models for repeated outcomes in the presence of missing data. J Am Stat Assoc. 1995;90(429):106-121.
28. Gram IT, Lund E, Slenker SE. Quality of life following a false positive mammogram. Br J Cancer. 1990;62(6):1018-1022.
29. Brett J, Bankhead C, Henderson B, Watson E, Austoker J. The psychological impact of mammographic screening. A systematic review. Psychooncology. 2005;14(11):917-938.