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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Loehberg, Christian R
• Heusinger, Katharina
• Jud, Sebastian M
• Haeberle, Lothar
• Hein, Alexander
• Rauh, Claudia
• Bani, Mayada R
• Lux, Michael P
• Schrauder, Michael G
• Bayer, Christian M
• Helbig, Cosima
• Grolik, Ronald
• Adamietz, Boris
• Schulz-Wendtland, Ruediger
• Beckmann, Matthias W
• Fasching, Peter A

Titel

Assessment of mammographic density before and after first full-term pregnancy

Ist Teil von

• European journal of cancer prevention, 2010-11, Vol.19 (6), p.405

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mammographic density (MD) has consistently been found as one of the strongest breast cancer risk factors. In our study, both qualitative and quantitative density measurements were performed in a hospital-based group of premenopausal women before and after first full-term pregnancy providing an opportunity for direct evaluation of the effects of one pregnancy on MD. Mammograms were obtained from 23 women before and after first full-term pregnancy and from 28 nulliparous controls. MD was determined by a standard qualitative assessment method using the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, and a quantitative computer-based threshold method (0-100%). The mean age at mammography before and after pregnancy was 31 and 34 years, respectively, with a mean difference of 40 months between mammographies. The quantitative density assessment showed a significant reduction in relative MD after pregnancy of 12 percentage points (8.6-15.4), compared with 3.1 (0.0-6.2) in the nulliparous control group (P<0.001). A reduction in MD of more than 10% was seen in 52% of the patients, compared with 18% of the controls. The qualitative density assessment confirmed a reduction in MD after pregnancy by one Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System category (P=0.02). This longitudinal study showed that MD can be influenced by one full-term pregnancy. This effect was seen with both quantitative and qualitative assessment methods. It may be hypothesized that breast cancer risk reduction associated with pregnancy is mediated through a direct reduction of MD, and MD assessment might be incorporated in individualizing risk assessment and prevention.