Influence of Mammographic Parenchymal Pattern in Screening-Detected and Interval Invasive Breast Cancers on Pathologic Features, Mammographic Features, and Patient Survival

Abstract

The prognosis of screened women presenting with breast cancer is unrelated to dense mammographic parenchymal pattern despite an excess of interval cancers and larger screening-detected tumors in this group. These data support the mammographic screening of women with dense parenchymal patterns.