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KMID : 1039620140040030181
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Korean Journal of Family Practice
2014 Volume.4 No. 3 p.181 ~ p.185
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Potential Availability of Dense Mammogrphy for Prevention of Breast Cancer in Korean Women
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Kim Eun-Hee
Bae Jong-Myon
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Abstract
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Breast cancer is the second leading type of incident cancer in Korean women. The patterns of incidence rates by age group during recently 10 years make doubt about a cohort effect. While there is strong evidence that dense mammography is a risk factor for breast cancer in Western women, there has been only one case-control study for Korean women. Dense mammography is known risk factor for breast cancer, and the proportion of dense mammography in Korean women varied by age group. Authors tried to find a pattern between the proportion of dense mammography and the incidence rate of breast cancer after 10 years by age group. The annual change from the peak age group into the next age group in both curves showed the same slope. These suggest that dense mammography might be a risk factor for breast cancer in Korean women. Some large-scale longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate the association, but the results can be used for controlling the prevention of breast cancer in Korean women.
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KEYWORD
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Mammography, Mass Screening, Breast Neoplasms, Risk Assessment, Cohort Effect
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