• Costs and Effects of Implementing Digital Tomosynthesis in a Population-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program: Predictions Using Results from the To-Be Trial in Norway 

      Moger, Tron Anders; Holen, åsne Sørlien; Hanestad, Berit; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-07)
      Background Although several studies from Europe and the US have shown promising screening results favoring digital breast tomosynthesis compared with standard digital mammography (DM), both costs and efects of implementing tomosynthesis in routine screening programs remain uncertain. The cost efectiveness of using tomosynthesis in routine screening is debated in the literature, and model inputs ...
    • Early screening outcomes before, during, and after a randomized controlled trial with digital breast tomosynthesis 

      Holen, åsne Sørlien; Bergan, Marie Burns; Lee, Christoph I.; Zackrisson, Sophia; Moshina, Nataliia; Aase, Hildegunn Siv; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-01)
      Purpose: To describe and compare early screening outcomes before, during and after a randomized controlled trial with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) including synthetic 2D mammography versus standard digital mammography (DM) (To-Be 1) and a follow-up cohort study using DBT (To-Be 2). <p><p>Methods: Retrospective results of 125,020 screening examinations from four consecutive screening rounds ...
    • Experience of pain during mammographic screening by three different compression paddles 

      Moshina, Nataliia; Sagstad, Silje; Holen, åsne Sørlien; Backmann, Heinrich August; Westermann, L.C.; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-13)
      Introduction - Experience of pain during screening mammography is shown to affect further attendance negatively. We aimed to explore the experience of pain during screening mammography using three different breast compression paddles.<p> <p>Methods - Using a self-report questionnaire, we collected information on pain experienced during mammography from 938 women screened in Bodø at Nordland ...
    • Mammografiprogrammet – tidligere, i dag og i fremtiden 

      Holen, åsne Sørlien; Mangerud, Gunhild; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-12)
      Mammografiprogrammet (engelsk: BreastScreen Norway) er det offentlige screeningprogrammet for brystkreft i Norge. Det startet som et pilotprosjekt i 1995 og ble gradvis landsdekkende frem til 2005. Programmet inviterer alle kvinner i alderen 50-69 år til mammografiscreening hvert annet år. Kreftregisteret har det administrative ansvaret for Mammografiprogrammet, mens screening skjer ved 30 ...
    • Overdiagnosis – exemplified with mammographic screening 

      Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen; Mangerud, Gunhild; Holen, åsne Sørlien; Ursin, Giske (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-12)
      Hovedmålsettingen med organisert mammografiscreening er å oppdage brystkreft i et tidlig stadium og dermed redusere sykelighet og dødelighet av sykdommen. En ulempe er overdiagnostikk. Verdens helseorganisasjons kreftforskningsinstitutt definerer overdiagnostikk i mammografiscreening som brystkreft som ikke ville blitt diagnostisert i kvinnens levetid dersom hun ikke hadde deltatt i screening. Vi ...
    • Standardised or individualised X-ray tube angle for mediolateral oblique projection in digital mammography? 

      Moshina, Nataliia; Bjørnson, Edvard Wølner; Holen, åsne Sørlien; Larsen, Marthe; Hanestad, Berit; Tøsdal, Linn; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-03)
      Introduction - We aimed to investigate whether there were any differences in positioning criteria related to the presentation of the pectoralis major muscle (pectoral muscle) for women of different heights using a standardized 60° X-ray tube angle for mammograms in mediolateral oblique (MLO) projection.<p> <p>Methods - Data from MLO mammograms of right breasts of 45,193 women screened in BreastScreen ...