Long-Term Mammography Needed for Breast Cancer Survivors

 

Regular surveillance mammography after breast cancer boosts survival and should be continued for at least a decade, a systematic review suggested.

 

Second cancers in the same or opposite breast occurred at a fairly constant rate over the first 10 years instead of being largely in the first two or three years as often thought, Clare Robertson, MSc, of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and colleagues found.

 

Mammographic follow-up to detect these tumors was associated with reduced all-cause mortality and breast cancer-specific mortality in the studies reviewed.

 

Because the analysis also presented favorable data regarding cost-effectiveness, the group argued online in Health Technology Assessment for routine surveillance mammography out to at least 10 years.

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