ReviewAJR. American journal of roentgenology2021
Screening Algorithms in Dense Breasts:
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- Targeting Ferroptosis as the Achilles' Heel of Breast Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities from a Comprehensive Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Letter to the Editor: Comparison of three algorithms to measure breast density on mammograms in a population-based screening cohort.European radiology · 2026Article
- Portable Freehand 3D Breast Ultrasound Using a Dual-Rotary-Encoder 2DoF Tracking Framework.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Contrast-Enhanced Mammography for High-Risk Women: Implications for Latin America and Developing Regions.Korean journal of radiology · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of a Machine-Learning Deep Plasma Proteome Classifier for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2026Article
- Machine Learning-Based Ultrasound Radiomics Signature: A Retrospective Analysis for Differentiating Benign from Malignant Non-Mass Lesions in Dense Breasts.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
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- Impact of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis on Extra Views and Concomitant Ultrasound Examinations in One Year Post Breast-Conserving Surgery Patients.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2025Article
- Comparative Diagnostic Efficacy of Four Breast Imaging Modalities in Dense Breasts: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Supplemental breast cancer screening after negative mammography in US women with dense breasts.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025Article
- Polygenic risk scores stratify breast cancer risk among women with benign breast disease.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025Article
- Current Concepts in Molecular Breast Imaging.Journal of breast imaging · 2025Review
- In the era of personalized screening who can benefit more from screening with breast tomosynthesis?European radiology · 2025Article
- Collagen architecture in triple negative breast cancer.PloS one · 2025Article
- A Survey of Patient Experience During Molecular Breast Imaging.Journal of nuclear medicine technology · 2024Article
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Upgraded BIRADS Scoring towards the True Pathology of Lesions Detected by Contrast-Enhanced Mammography.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024Article
- Patterns and Predictors of Referral for Screening Breast MRI: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Breast Tomographic Ultrasound: The Spectrum from Current Dense Breast Cancer Screenings to Future Theranostic Treatments.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024Review
- Breast Cancer Detection Using a Low-Dose Positron Emission Digital Mammography System.Radiology. Imaging cancer · 2024Article
- Supplemental magnetic resonance imaging plus mammography compared with magnetic resonance imaging or mammography by extent of breast density.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
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Abstract
Screening mammography reduces breast cancer mortality; however, when used to examine women with dense breasts, its performance and resulting benefits are reduced. Increased breast density is an independent risk factor for breast cancer. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), ultrasound (US), molecular breast imaging (MBI), MRI, and contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) each have shown improved cancer detection in dense breasts when compared with 2D digital mammography (DM). DBT is the preferred mammographic technique for producing a simultaneous reduction in recalls (i.e., additional imaging). US further increases cancer detection after DM or DBT and reduces interval cancers (cancers detected in the interval between recommended screening examinations), but it also produces substantial additional false-positive findings. MBI improves cancer detection with an effective radiation dose that is approximately fourfold that of DM or DBT but is still within accepted limits. MRI provides the greatest increase in cancer detection and reduces interval cancers and late-stage disease; abbreviated techniques will reduce cost and improve availability. CEM appears to offer performance similar to that of MRI, but further validation is needed. Dense breast notification will soon be a national standard; therefore, understanding the performance of mammography and supplemental modalities is necessary to optimize screening for women with dense breasts.
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