Does receiving high or low breast cancer risk estimates produce a reduction in subsequent breast cancer screening attendance? Cohort study
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Manchester Centre of Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Coupland Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, England, UKIssue Date
2022
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Risk-stratified breast cancer screening may improve the balance of screening benefits to harms. We assess a potential new harm: reduced screening attendance in women receiving below average-risk (false reassurance) or higher-risk results (screening avoidance). Following initial screening, 26,668 women in the PROCAS study received breast cancer risk estimates, with attendance recorded for two subsequent screening rounds. First-screen attendance was slightly reduced in below-average (85.6%) but not higher-risk women, compared to other women (86.4%). Second-screen attendance increased for women at higher-risk (89.2%) but not below-average, compared to other women (78.8%). Concerns about this potential harm of risk-stratified screening therefore appear unfounded.Citation
French DP, McWilliams L, Howell A, Evans DG. Does receiving high or low breast cancer risk estimates produce a reduction in subsequent breast cancer screening attendance? Cohort study. Vol. 64, The Breast. Elsevier BV; 2022. p. 47–9.Journal
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10.1016/j.breast.2022.05.001PubMed ID
35569186Additional Links
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2022.05.001Type
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10.1016/j.breast.2022.05.001
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