Adverse effects of screening mammography.
The main risks and other adverse consequences from screening mammography include discomfort from breast compression, patient recall for additional imaging, and false positive biopsies. Although these risks affect a larger number of women than those who benefit from screening, the risks are less consequential than the life-sparing benefits from early detection. Radiation risk, even for multiple screenings, is negligible at current mammography doses. Anxiety before screening or resulting from supplementary imaging work-up, short-term follow-up, cyst aspiration, and biopsy has not dampened the enthusiasm of most women for the value of early detection.
Feig
Stephen A
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Department of Radiology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. stephen.feig@msnyuhealth.org
D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012307:Risk Factors