"Computers, Doctors Equally Effective In Measuring Breast Density" - Marilynn Larkin
Automated and clinical assessments of breast density similarly predict risk for both screen-detected and interval cancer, although the computerized method is more reproducible, researchers say. The clinical BI-RADS system, in which risk of breast cancer is predicted subjectively by radiologists, is considered the standard of care. Laurie Margolies, MD, professor of radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of breast imaging at the Dubin Breast Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital noted that some women are on the borderline between fatty and dense. “This study was done using the older edition definition of breast density, which was determined by percentage of dense tissue, rather than if there was potential of masking in even ten percent of the breast,” she said. “The adoption of newer BI-RADS, publish in 2013, may benefit women,” she added. “More studies are need.”
- Laurie Margolies, MD, Professor, Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director of Breast Imaging, Dubin Breast Center of The Mount Sinai Hospital
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