Standardized reporting categorizes breast cancer detection methods

A standardized detection reporting system can help radiologists accurately categorize how breast cancer is identified -- either through screening or symptomatic presentation -- when performing image-guided breast biopsies, researchers have found. Alan Zhu from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, and colleagues determined that such a system led to high reporting accuracy at a sustained rate that improved over time. Their study results were published January 2 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. “By implementing method of detection reporting systems, forwarding data to cancer registries, and tracking long-term patient outcomes, this type of program has the potential to accurately quantify the relative contributions of advances in screening and treatment in reducing breast cancer mortality,” the Zhu team wrote. The U.S. healthcare system currently does not have a registry requirement to report the method of detection for newly diagnosed breast cancers, which limits efforts to determine how breast cancers are discovered. The American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Commission Screening and Emerging Technology Committee (SETCOM) recently defined the initial method of detection for breast cancer to be the first test, sign, or symptom that triggered the subsequent workup and recommendation for biopsy. Zhu and co-authors described their institution’s experience with this systematic reporting of detection methods in their multicenter study. This included repo...
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