Regional Breast Cancer Screening Network
Abstract
The long-term objective of this Project was to improve the health of New Hampshire (NH) women by enhancing breast cancer screening and detection. To accomplish this, the New Hampshire Mammography Network (NHMN) implemented a comprehensive database tracking system, allowing us to follow the outcomes of women receiving mammography (either diagnostic or screening) and other breast procedures (e.g., ultrasound, biopsy or fine needle aspiration) over time. To date, we have 256,197 mammographic encounters in our database, representing 166,664 NH women. As of September 2000, 22,398 breast pathology reports exist in the pathology database. Of these, 7,871 are matched (52.4%) to women in the NHMN. Of the matched reports, 63% are benign, 6% are atypical, 0.5% are suspicious, (6.5%) are non-invasive, 20% are invasive, and 3% are unsatisfactory. We have now identified a total of 1,538 non-invasive breast cancer cases and 5,132 invasive breast cancer cases. We have used this database to conduct several analyses and special research projects, which are described in detail in the body of this report. Overall, the support provided by the U.S. Department of Defense to establish the NH Mammography Network has led to a strong and productive research program in breast cancer surveillance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA391397
Entities
People
- Patricia Carney
- Robert Greenberg
Organizations
- Dartmouth College