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New BCSC study reveals that DBT screening reduces false alarms at no cost of missing cancers. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/index.php/bcsc…

New BCSC study clarifies the association between breast density and cancer risk. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/index.php/bcsc…

New BCSC study reveals racial and ethnic differences in the receipt of some diagnostic imaging and biopsy services by women with abnormal screening mammogram results. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/index.php/bcsc…

New BCSC study reveals using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and supplemental MRI yields more benefits but also confers more risks, according to simulation data. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/index.php/bcsc… @dmiglio @KPWaResearch

New BCSC study on mammograms has revealed another unintended consequence of false positives Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/Fals… @dmiglio @KPWaResearch

New BCSC study on supplemental breast ultrasound screening outcomes among women with dense breasts shows the importance of determining breast cancer risk. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/supp… @dmiglio @KPWaResearch

New BCSC study suggests that updated approaches for evaluating combined versus alternating breast cancer screening may improve the accuracy of multimodality performance evaluation. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/rela…

New BCSC study finds that knowledge of breast density does not impact women’s willingness to delay treatment for additional imaging but experience with previous breast cancer treatment does. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/dens….

BCSC collaborator Karen Wernli is featured on a podcast episode about breast cancer patients' perceptions of surgical treatment decisions that can be found here: mantacares.com/pages/breast-d…. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/preo…

The final report for the PCORI-funded BCSC ADVANCE study "Comparing the effectiveness of breast cancer screening and diagnostic test among women with different breast densities" was published. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/ADVA…

BCSC contributes to new study informing United States Preventive Services Task Force screening recommendations. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/USPS…

New BCSC study suggests primary prevention can decrease advanced breast cancer diagnoses. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/pop-…

The BCSC extends its invasive breast cancer risk model to include BMI, second-degree family history of breast cancer, and age at first live birth. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/bcsc…

BCSC authors Karla Kerlikowske, Sarah Nyante, and Rebecca Hubbard, will discuss their recent CEBP articles at the AACR journals webinar on "Racial Disparities of Mammography Performance" on November 29, 2023. Register here: aacr.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New BCSC study finds that undergoing breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) does not decrease rates of interval or advanced cancer. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/supp…. @KPWaResearch @dmiglio

BCSC collaborator Karen Wernli is featured on a podcast episode about Navigating Breast Cancer Survivorship that can be found here: mantacares.com/pages/navigati…. @KPWaResearch

New BCSC study finds that reducing racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival among women with a breast lump requires targeted efforts to reduce the risk of poor prognosis tumors in addition to improved accuracy of cancer detection. bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/raci…

New BCSC study finds mammography performed at intervals less than one year can impact diagnostic performance calculations and proposes a solution for eliminating artificial inflation of cancers detected. Read more on the blog post: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/incr… @dmiglio @KPWaResearch

New BCSC study points to the importance of considering other risk factors beyond breast density when recommending supplemental ultrasound screening. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/risk… @KPWaResearch @dmiglio

New BCSC study examines impact of BMI on prevalence of dense breasts by race and ethnicity. Read more on the blog post here: bcsc-research.org/bcsc-blog/brea…. @dmiglio @KPWaResearch @ErinJBowles