This study examines the extent to which differences in sensitivity by age can be attributed to variations in breast density using a reliable, computer-assisted, continuous measure of per cent breast density. We included women aged 40–79 years, not using hormone replacement therapy, who attended BreastScreen Victoria for first-round screening mammography in 1994 and 1995 (1002 breast cancers) and for subsequent-round screening (381 breast cancers) in 1995 and 1996. True positive cancers were invasive breast cancers diagnosed at screening and false negative cancers were cancers diagnosed within 24 months of a negative screening examination
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Kavanagh, A., Byrnes, G., Hopper, J., Giles, G., Gertig, D., Cawson, J., & Marr, G. (2004). The effect of age and breast density on the sensitivity of mammography. Breast Cancer Research, 6(S1). https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr892
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