Thursday 22 October 2020

Differences in breast cancer risk after benign breast disease by type of screening diagnosis

 Differences in breast cancer risk after benign breast disease by type of screening diagnosis

 

by Javier Louro, Marta Román, Margarita Posso, Laura Comerma, Carmen Vidal, Francina Saladié, Rodrigo Alcantara, Mar Sanchez, M. Jesús Quintana, Javier del Riego, Joana Ferrer, Lupe Peñalva, Xavier Bargalló, Miguel Prieto, María Sala, Xavier Castells

 

The Breast: Open Access: Published: October 03, 2020

 

We aimed to assess differences in breast cancer risk across benign breast disease diagnosed at prevalent or incident screens.

 

Highlights

•Breast cancer risk after a benign breast disease varied with the screening type.

•Incident benign breast disease had a higher breast cancer risk than prevalent.

•The risk remained increased regardless of benign breast disease subtype.