Mammography Diagnostics

Mammography screening nonattenders in Denmark don't seek screening elsewhere

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 24th, 2005

A study from Denmark found that women who choose not to attend organized mammography screening programs don't seek breast cancer screening at private practices either.

Public-health researchers A. Jensen and colleagues, University of Copenhagen, explained, "The objectives of our study were to analyze the use of diagnostic mammography among nonattenders and attenders in organized mammography screening in Denmark in 2000, to assess the contamination from organized screening of noninvited age groups, and to measure the impact of local policy on opportunistic screening."

The data for their study came from "all diagnostic mammographies performed in...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-24)

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