Features of Microcalcifications on Screening Mammography in Young Women |
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| Authors: | Atsushi Fushimi Naoko Fukushima Toshimasa Suzuki Rei KudoHiroshi Takeyama |
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| Affiliation: | 1Department of Surgery, Sakuragaoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.2Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | Background: There is no decrease in the number of breast cancer deaths if screening mammography is performedin women aged hereditary breast cancer. Therefore, more accurate screening mammography for young women is needed. Objective: Toevaluate the features of screening mammographic findings, particularly microcalcifications, in women aged to increase the positive predictive value of screening mammography in young women. Methods: We retrospectivelyreviewed the data of consecutive women who underwent opportunistic and organized breast cancer screening at theSakuragaoka Hospital (Shizuoka, Japan) between April 2013 and March 2015. We compared the mammographicfindings and features of microcalcifications between women aged Results: The study included 3645 women. Of these 3645 women, 415 (11.4%) were aged were aged 40–49 years, and 2011 (55.2%) were aged 50–74 years. Women aged recalled for microcalcifications than those aged 50–74 years (Young women were more likely to be recalled for small round and segmental microcalcifications (OR): 1.799 (95% CI: 0.751–2.846); 40–49 years, OR: 1.394 (95% CI: 0.714–2.074)] and less likely to be recalled forsmall round and grouped microcalcifications (95% CI: 0.496–1.428)] compared with women aged 50–74 years. Conclusions: On screening mammography, womenaged microcalcifications. False-positive results may be reduced by reflecting the characteristics of microcalcification findingsamong young women without breast cancer in the future. |
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| Keywords: | mammography breast cancer Young Women microcalcifications Screening |
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