Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years with high and low risk of breast cancer : socioeconomic status, parity and age at birth of first child

• Background Whether women in age 40-49 years should be invited to mammography screening or not is debated in many countries and a cost-effective alternative in countries with no screening in age 40-49 years could be selective screening i.e. inviting women at higher risk. In the current study relative effectiveness of mammography screening was estimated for subgroups based on the breast cancer risk factors parity, age at birth of first child and socioeconomic status (SES).Methods The SCReening of Young women (SCRY) database consist of all women in age 40-49 years in Sweden in 1986-2005 and is split into a study and control group. The study group consists of women in areas where women age 40-49 years were invited to screening and the control group of women in areas where women 40-49 years were not. Rate ratio (RR) estimates were calculated for risk groups. Two exposures were considered; invitation to mammography screening and attendance.Results There were striking similarities in the RR pattern for women invited to and attending in screening for all three risk factors and there was no statistically significant difference or trend in the RR by risk group. The RR estimates increased by increasing parity for parity 0 to 2 and ranged from 0.55 (95% CI 0.38-0.79) to 0.79 (95% CI 0.65-0.95) for women attending screening. The RR for white collar workers (low SES) was lower than for blue collar workers (high SES), 0.72 (95% CI 0.60-0.86) and 0.79 (95% CI 0.63-0.99) respectively for attending. For women 20-24 years at birth of first child RR was estimated at 0.73 (95% CI 0.58-0.91) for attending and estimates for other ages were similar.Conclusion There was no statistically significant difference in relative effectiveness of mammography screening by parity, age at birth of first child or socio-economic status.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

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mammography

cancer screening

breast cancer

mortality

risk factors

socioeconomic status

parity

Oncology

onkologi

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