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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2011 Feb 23;305(8):790–799. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.188

Table 4.

Detection of Ipsilateral and Contralateral Breast Cancers in Women With a Personal History of Breast Cancer

Detection of
Ipsilateral Cancers
(n = 258)
Detection of
Contralateral Cancers
(n = 333)
No./Totala Sensitivity
(95% CI)
No./Totala Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Overall screening mammography sensitivity 171/258 66.3 (60.3–71.8) 220/333 66.1 (60.9–70.9)

Age at mammography, y
   <50 34/60 56.7 (44.0–68.5) 18/41 43.9 (29.7–59.2)b

   50–59 47/76 61.8 (50.5–72.0) 43/66 65.2 (53.0–75.6)b

   60–69 36/47 76.6 (62.5–86.5) 52/72 72.2 (61.0–81.2)b

   ≥70 54/75 72.0 (61.0–80.9) 107/154 69.5 (61.9–76.2)b

BI-RADS breast density
   1, Almost entirely fatty 4/5 80.0 (NC)c 7/9 77.8 (NC)c

   2, Scattered fibroglandular tissue 66/93 71.0 (60.8–79.4) 75/108 69.4 (60.2–77.3)

   3, Heterogeneously dense 51/86 59.3 (48.7–69.1) 69/109 63.3 (54.1–71.7)

   4, Extremely dense 11/16 68.8 (43.3–86.4) 10/22 45.5 (26.5–65.9)

Time since last mammogram, mo
   9–14 124/197 62.9 (56.0–69.4) 178/269 66.2 (60.4–71.5)

   15–23 27/37 73.0 (56.7–84.8) 26/38 68.4 (52.2–81.1)

   ≥24 10/13 76.9 (47.8–92.4) 14/23 60.9 (40.2–78.2)

Time since first breast cancer diagnosis, y
   <1 17/22 77.3 (55.6–90.2) 14/24 58.3 (38.3–75.9)b

   1–2 34/57 59.6 (46.5–71.5) 39/66 59.1 (46.9–70.2)b

   3–4 45/69 65.2 (53.3–75.5) 35/64 54.7 (42.6–66.2)b

   5–6 33/43 76.7 (61.9–87.0) 53/70 75.7 (64.4–84.3)b

   7–9 25/42 59.5 (44.6–72.8) 45/67 67.2 (55.3–77.2)b

   ≥10 17/25 68.0 (47.8–83.1) 34/42 81.0 (66.3–90.2)b

Type of first breast cancer
   Ductal carcinoma in situ 83/112 74.1 (65.2–81.4)b 52/72 72.2 (60.8–81.3)

   Invasive cancer 88/146 60.3 (52.1–67.9)b 168/261 64.4 (58.4–69.9)

Primary surgery
   Breast conserving without radiation 55/83 66.3 (55.5–75.6) 29/48 60.4 (46.1–73.1)

   Breast conserving with radiation 99/154 64.3 (56.4–71.5) 108/165 65.5 (57.9–72.3)

   Mastectomy NA NA 75/110 68.2 (59.1–76.1)

Radiation therapy
   None 55/83 66.3 (55.5–75.6) 85/131 64.9 (56.4–72.5)

   Any 99/154 64.3 (56.4–71.5) 128/194 66.0 (59.1–72.2)

Adjuvant systemic therapy
   None 110/153 71.9 (64.3–78.4)b 130/180 72.2 (65.3–78.2)b

   Any, chemotherapy or endocrine 40/78 51.3 (40.2–62.3)b 74/131 56.5 (48.0–64.6)b

Self-reported history of breast implant, reduction, or reconstruction
   No 119/181 65.7 (58.5–72.3) 152/227 67.0 (60.6–72.7)

   Yes 2/3 66.7 (NC)c 7/16 43.8 (22.5–67.6)

Abbreviations: BI-RADS, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.

a

Numberof screen-detected cancers (ie, positive screen results associated with ipsilateral or contralateral cancer during followup) and total number of cancers observed at 12mo(ie, number of screens associated with ipsilateral or contralateral cancer during follow-up). For each variable, total in columns may not equal the overall total because of missing data.

b

P<.05, based on score statistics obtained in generalized estimating equation analyses.

c

Not calculated (NC) if fewer than 10 events

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