Breast cancer screening in the era of density notification legislation: summary of 2014 Massachusetts experience and suggestion of an evidence-based management algorithm by multi-disciplinary expert panel

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 455-464

  Freer, Phoebe E ^a   Slanetz, Priscilla J ^b   Haas, Jennifer S ^c   Tung, Nadine M ^b   Hughes, Kevin S ^a   Armstrong, Katrina ^a   Semine, A Alan ^d   Troyan, Susan L ^c   Birdwell, Robyn L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense breasts; Density; Mammography; Screening; Supplemental screening

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY CONTRAST-ENHANCED SPECTRAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ABNORMALITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MAMMARY GLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASSACHUSETTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84940958549     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3534-9     Document Type: Article

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