Re-attendance after false-positive screening mammography: a population-based study in the Netherlands
Background: In the current study, mammography adherence of women who had experienced a false-positive referral is evaluated, with emphasis on the probability of receiving surveillance mammography outside the national screening programme. Methods: We included 424 703 consecutive screens and collected imaging, biopsy and surgery reports of 3463 women who experienced a false-positive referral. Adherence to screening, both in and outside the screening programme, was evaluated. Results: Two years after the false-positive referral, overall screening adherence was 94.6%, with 64.7% of women returning... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Setz-Pels , W , Duijm , L E M , Coebergh , J W , Rutten , M , Nederend , J & Voogd , A C 2013 , ' Re-attendance after false-positive screening mammography: a population-based study in the Netherlands ' , British Journal of Cancer , vol. 109 , no. 8 , pp. 2044-2050 . https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.573 |
| Schlagwörter: | screening mammography / false-positive referral / re-attendance |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26821737 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/8c744cd5-d73e-46bb-ad9a-ff32e8bf9f36 |
Background: In the current study, mammography adherence of women who had experienced a false-positive referral is evaluated, with emphasis on the probability of receiving surveillance mammography outside the national screening programme. Methods: We included 424 703 consecutive screens and collected imaging, biopsy and surgery reports of 3463 women who experienced a false-positive referral. Adherence to screening, both in and outside the screening programme, was evaluated. Results: Two years after the false-positive referral, overall screening adherence was 94.6%, with 64.7% of women returning to the national screening programme, compared with 94.9% of women re-attending the screening programme after a negative screen (P