SynthesisJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2016
Breast Density and Risk of Breast Cancer in Asian Women: A Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.
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- The association between mammographic density and breast cancer risk in Chinese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Studies of parenchymal texture added to mammographic breast density and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review of the methods used in the literature.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2022Pooled it
- Global guidelines for breast cancer screening: A systematic review.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- Supplemental breast cancer-screening ultrasonography in women with dense breasts: a systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of cancer · 2020Pooled it
- The relationship between background parenchymal enhancement, amount of fibroglandular tissue and synchronous contralateral breast cancer in preoperative magnetic resonance imaging of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
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- Preoperative Predictors of Subsequent Breast Cancer Events Detected on Abbreviated MRI in Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mammographic density as a predictor of invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ in over six million South Korean women.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
- Risk-adjusted breast screening: an Australian perspective and considerations for the Western Pacific.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Mammographic density and breast cancer risk among Black American women.International journal of cancer · 2025Article
- Breast density assessment via quantitative sound-speed measurement using conventional ultrasound transducers.European radiology · 2025Article
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- Bridging gaps in breast cancer care: a Breast Cancer Care Quality Index to improve outcomes worldwide.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Breast Tumor Detection and Diagnosis Using an Improved Faster R-CNN in DCE-MRI.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Mammography in Breast Cancer Screening: A Markov Modeling Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2024Article
- AI Use in Mammography for Diagnosing Metachronous Contralateral Breast Cancer.Journal of imaging · 2024Article
- Association of area- and volumetric-mammographic density and breast cancer risk in women of Asian descent: a case control study.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe established theory that breast density is an independent predictor of breast cancer risk is based on studies targeting white women in the West. More Asian women than Western women have dense breasts, but the incidence of breast cancer is lower among Asian women. This meta-analysis investigated the association between breast density in mammography and breast cancer risk in Asian women.
methodsPubMed and Scopus were searched, and the final date of publication was set as December 31, 2015. The effect size in each article was calculated using the interval-collapse method. Summary effect sizes (sESs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by conducting a meta-analysis applying a random effect model. To investigate the dose-response relationship, random effect dose-response meta-regression (RE-DRMR) was conducted.
resultsSix analytical epidemiology studies in total were selected, including one cohort study and five case-control studies. A total of 17 datasets were constructed by type of breast density index and menopausal status. In analyzing the subgroups of premenopausal vs. postmenopausal women, the percent density (PD) index was confirmed to be associated with a significantly elevated risk for breast cancer (sES, 2.21; 95% CI, 1.52 to 3.21; I
conclusionsIn Asian women, breast cancer risk increased with breast density measured using the PD index, regardless of menopausal status. We propose the further development of a breast cancer risk prediction model based on the application of PD in Asian women.
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