Investigating the prognostic value of mammographic breast density and mammographic tumor appearance in women with invasive breast cancer: The Malmö Diet and cancer study

Does mammographic density predict survival in women with invasive breast cancer? The need to account for potential confounding from cancer stage and overdiagnosis

“…In this issue of The Breast, Dr Sturesdotter and colleagues investigate the first part of this question (do mammographic features have prognostic value) in over 1100 women diagnosed with invasive cancer who were participating in the Malmö Diet and Cancer study [ 3 ]. Using this large population-based sample of women, they present a robust evaluation of potential associations between mammographic findings at the time of the cancer diagnosis and subsequent risk of dying from breast cancer, including separate analysis for screen-detected breast cancer and clinically detected cancer (stratified analysis) and adjustment for many potential confounders.…”