@inproceedings{1b593c8877b24e8c8275ec997bc10502,
title = "Local mammographic density as a predictor of breast cancer",
abstract = "High overall mammographic density is associated with both an increased risk of developing breast cancer and the risk of cancer being masked. We compared local density at cancer sites in diagnostic images with corresponding previous screening mammograms (priors), and matched controls. VolparaTM density maps were obtained for 54 mammograms showing unilateral breast cancer and their priors which had been previously read as normal. These were each matched to 3 controls on age, menopausal status, hormone replacement therapy usage, body mass index and year of prior. Local percent density was computed in 15mm square regions at lesion sites and similar locations in the corresponding images. Conditional logistic regression was used to predict case-control status. In diagnostic and prior images, local density was increased at the lesion site compared with the opposite breast (medians 21.58%, 9.18%, p",
author = "Mayu Otsuka and Elaine Harkness and Xin Chen and Emmanouil Moschidis and Megan Bydder and Soujanya Gadde and Yit Lim and Maxwell, {Anthony J} and Evans, {D Gareth} and Anthony Howell and Paula Stavrinos and Mary Wilson and Susan Astley",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1117/12.2082691",
language = "English",
volume = "9414",
series = "Medical Imaging 2015: Computer-Aided Diagnosis",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Hadjiiski, {Lubomir M} and Tourassi, {Georgia D}",
booktitle = "Medical Imaging 2015: Computer-Aided Diagnosis",
address = "United States",
note = "SPIE Medical Imaging ; Conference date: 15-02-2015 Through 20-02-2015",
}