Survival among women diagnosed with screen-detected or interval breast cancer classified as true, minimal signs, or missed through an informed radiological review

ConclusionsWe did not observe a statistical difference in the risk of death for women diagnosed with true or missed SDC or IC; however, the number of cases reviewed and follow-up time limited the precision of our estimates.Key Points• An informed radiological review classified screen-detected and interval cancers as true, minimal signs, or missed based on prior screening and diagnostic mammograms.• It has been hypothesised that true cancers, not visible on the prior screening examination, may be more aggressive than missed cancers.• We did not observe a statistical difference in the risk of death from any cause for women with missed versus true screen-detected or interval breast cancers.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research