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Evaluation of the association between mammographic density and the risk of breast cancer using Quantra software and the BI-RADS classification.
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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
- Adapting the BOADICEA breast and ovarian cancer risk models for the ethnically diverse UK population.British journal of cancer · 2025Article
- Effect of patient age and breast parenchymal density on Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BIRADS-4) Subcategorization.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Longitudinal Changes in Mammographic Density in a Multiethnic Breast Screening Cohort of Postmenopausal Women.The breast journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
To determine the association between mammographic density (MD) and the risk of breast cancer (BC) in Chinese women and to investigate the role of fertility risk factors in regulating the relationship between MD and BC.We used Quantra software and the BI-RADS classification to assess MD in 466 patients and 932 controls. Conditional matched logistic multiple regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between MD and BC, and risk was evaluated with the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).The ORs for category 4 versus category 2 were 1.95 (95% confidence interval [95% CI] (1.42∼2.66)) and 1.76 (95% CI (1.28∼2.42)) for the BI-RADS and Quantra classifications, respectively. The ORs for category 5 volumetric breast density (VBD) versus category 2 VBD and 5 fibroglandular tissue volume (FGV) versus category 2 FGV were 1.63 (95% CI (1.20∼2.23)) and 1.92 (95% CI (1.40∼2.63)), respectively. Females with category 5 VBD whose age at menarche was ≤13 years had the highest risk of BC (OR = 2.16, 95% CI (1.24∼3.79)), and females with category 5 FGV whose age at menarche was = 15 years had the lowest risk of BC (OR = 1.65, 95% CI (1.05∼2.62)). Females with categories 3-5 VBD and categories 3-5 FGV had reduced risks of BC with increasing number of births. Females with category 5 VBD had an increased risk of BC with increasing age at first childbirth (the OR increased from 1.49 to 1.95). Those with category 5 VBD had a reduced risk of BC with increasing breastfeeding duration (the OR decreased from 2.08 to 1.55). Females with category 5 FGV had a reduced risk of BC with increasing breastfeeding duration (the OR decreased from 4.12 to 1.62).Both the BI-RADS density classification and Quantra measures indicated that MD is positively associated with the risk of BC in Chinese women and that associations between MD and BC risk differ by age at menarche, parity, age at first childbirth and breastfeeding duration.
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