Breast cancer risk feedback to women in the UK NHS breast screening population

There are widespread moves to develop risk-stratified approaches to population-based breast screening. The public needs to favour receiving breast cancer risk information, which ideally should produce no detrimental effects. This study investigates risk perception, the proportion wishing to know the...

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Published in:British journal of cancer 2016-04, Vol.114 (9), p.1045-1052
Main Authors: Evans, D Gareth R, Donnelly, Louise S, Harkness, Elaine F, Astley, Susan M, Stavrinos, Paula, Dawe, Sarah, Watterson, Donna, Fox, Lynne, Sergeant, Jamie C, Ingham, Sarah, Harvie, Michelle N, Wilson, Mary, Beetles, Ursula, Buchan, Iain, Brentnall, Adam R, French, David P, Cuzick, Jack, Howell, Anthony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Consultation
Epidemiology
Feedback
Female
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Humans
Mammography
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Perception
Population
Risk Assessment
Risk perception
United Kingdom
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Summary:There are widespread moves to develop risk-stratified approaches to population-based breast screening. The public needs to favour receiving breast cancer risk information, which ideally should produce no detrimental effects. This study investigates risk perception, the proportion wishing to know their 10-year risk and whether subsequent screening attendance is affected. Fifty thousand women attending the NHS Breast Screening Programme completed a risk assessment questionnaire. Ten-year breast cancer risks were estimated using a validated algorithm (Tyrer-Cuzick) adjusted for visually assessed mammographic density. Women at high risk (⩾8%) and low risk (
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/bjc.2016.56