Mammographic density defined by higher than conventional brightness thresholds better predicts breast cancer risk

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 652-661

  Nguyen, Tuong L ^a   Aung, Ye K ^a   Evans, Christopher F ^a   Dite, Gillian S ^a   Stone, Jennifer ^b   MacInnis, Robert J ^a,c   Dowty, James G ^a   Bickerstaffe, Adrian ^a   Aujard, Kelly ^a   Rommens, Johanna M ^e   Song, Yun Mi ^f   Sung, Joohon ^d   Jenkins, Mark A ^a   Southey, Melissa C ^a   Giles, Graham G ^a,c   Apicella, Carmel ^a   Hopper, John L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Australian women; Breast cancer; Case control study; Mammographic density; Mammography

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CANCER; CUMULUS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; PIXEL; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SOFTWARE; THRESHOLD; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BRIGHTNESS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFTWARE; STANDARD; AUSTRALIA; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85045551984     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw212     Document Type: Article

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