New Federal Requirements to Inform Patients About Breast Density: Will They Help Patients?

JAMA. 2019 Jun 18;321(23):2275-2276. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.5919.

Authors

Nancy L Keating^{1

2}, Lydia E Pace^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Divisions of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Women's Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 31070674
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.5919

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Breast / diagnostic imaging*
Breast Density*
Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Comprehension
Disclosure / legislation & jurisprudence*
False Positive Reactions
Female
Government Regulation*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / adverse effects
Mammography
Risk Factors
Ultrasonography, Mammary
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration / legislation & jurisprudence