ArticleBMC medical imaging2018
Mammographic density changes in surgical weight loss-an indication for personalized screening.
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- Effects of bariatric surgery on breast density in adult obese women: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Longitudinal Mammographic Breast Density Changes and Associated Factors in Older Korean Women.Radiology. Imaging cancer · 2026Article
- Clinical Implications of Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) for Breast Cancer Detection and Management: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Trajectories of breast density change over time and subsequent breast cancer risk: longitudinal study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- Association Between Lifestyle Changes, Mammographic Breast Density, and Breast Cancer.The oncologist · 2022Review
- Adiposity Change Over the Life Course and Mammographic Breast Density in Postmenopausal Women.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity and high radiologic breast density independently increase breast cancer risk. We evaluated the effect of surgical weight loss on mammographic density (MD).
methodsPatients undergoing bariatric surgery and screening mammography (MG) were identified, data regarding demographics, comorbidities, calculated and genetic breast cancer risk was collected. Patients had a MG before and after surgery. Fellowship-trained breast radiologists assigned Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System density categories.
resultsPatients underwent sleeve gastrectomy (n = 56) or gastric bypass (n = 7), 78% had hypertension, 48% had diabetes. Four had deleterious BRCA mutations, four were calculated high risk. Mean weight loss = 28.7 kg. Mean initial BMI = 44.3 kg/m
conclusionsSurgical weight loss increased MD in 14%. Increased MD masks malignancies, patients may benefit from additional screening based on calculated risk assessments that include MD.
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