Overcoming the limitations of screening mammography in Japan and Korea: a paradigm shift to personalized breast cancer screening based on ultrasonography
| Title: | Overcoming the limitations of screening mammography in Japan and Korea: a paradigm shift to personalized breast cancer screening based on ultrasonography |
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| Authors: | Takayoshi Uematsu, Ayumi Izumori, Woo Kyung Moon |
| Source: | Ultrasonography, Vol 42, Iss 4, Pp 508-517 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medical technology |
| Subject Terms: | breast, breast neoplasms, screening, ultrasonography, glandular tissue component, Medical technology, R855-855.5 |
| More Details: | Screening mammography programs have been implemented in numerous Western countries with the aim of reducing breast cancer mortality. However, despite over 20 years of population-based screening mammography, the mortality rates in Japan and Korea continue to rise. This may be due to the fact that screening mammography is not as effective for Japanese and Korean women, who often have dense breasts. This density decreases the sensitivity of mammography due to a masking effect. Therefore, the early detection of small invasive cancers requires more than just mammography, particularly for women in their 40s. This review discusses the limitations and challenges of screening mammography, as well as the keys to successful population-based breast cancer screening in Japan and Korea. This includes a focus on breast ultrasonography techniques, which are based on histopathologic anatomical knowledge, and personalized screening strategies that are based on risk assessments measured by glandular tissue components. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2288-5919 2288-5943 |
| Relation: | http://www.e-ultrasonography.org/upload/usg-23047.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2288-5919; https://doaj.org/toc/2288-5943 |
| DOI: | 10.14366/usg.23047 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/9d8f4ecb6bf2428dafc9624d839e78d8 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.9d8f4ecb6bf2428dafc9624d839e78d8 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 22885919 22885943 |
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| DOI: | 10.14366/usg.23047 |
| Published in: | Ultrasonography |
| Language: | English |