TY - JOUR
T1 - Re-attendance after false-positive screening mammography: a population-based study in the Netherlands
AU - Setz-Pels, W.
AU - Duijm, L. E. M.
AU - Coebergh, J. W.
AU - Rutten, M.
AU - Nederend, J.
AU - Voogd, A. C.
PY - 2013/10/15
Y1 - 2013/10/15
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - screening mammography
KW - false-positive referral
KW - re-attendance
U2 - 10.1038/bjc.2013.573
DO - 10.1038/bjc.2013.573
M3 - Article
C2 - 24052045
SN - 0007-0920
VL - 109
SP - 2044
EP - 2050
JO - British Journal of Cancer
JF - British Journal of Cancer
IS - 8
ER -