Association of Patient Age With Outcomes of Current-Era, Large-Scale Screening Mammography: Analysis of Data From the National Mammography Database

JAMA Oncol. 2017 Aug 1;3(8):1134-1136. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0482.

Abstract

This study analyzes mammography screening data from the National Mammography Database to determine the age cutoff point for screening.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Databases, Factual
  • Early Detection of Cancer / methods*
  • Early Detection of Cancer / standards
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mammography* / standards
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors
  • United States / epidemiology