Breast implants in mammograms
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
False-positive mammography rates are not increased by implants, according to a study by Diana Miglioretti, PhD, et al., in the Jan. 28 Journal of the American Medical Association. However, augmentation does decrease sensitivity of the screening procedure among asymptomatic women - from 66.8% (without implants) to 45% (with implants). The 986,274-patient registry study also found that implants do not influence the characteristics of tumors...