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  • Breast density is a key factor in cancer risk assessment and screening recommendations.
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  • Serial mammograms are used to monitor breast density over time.

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  • To analyze the frequency and sequence of breast density status changes in patients undergoing serial mammograms.
  • To investigate the reliability of visual breast density assessment over time.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study of 58,895 patients with at least two mammograms over 8 years.
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  • Sequence analysis of longitudinal breast density status changes was performed.

Main Results:

  • Most patients (87.35%) maintained the same BI-RADS category, and 93.35% maintained the same density status.
  • Among those with status changes, 97% had scattered or heterogeneously dense tissue.
  • Over half (57%) of patients with changing status alternated between dense and nondense multiple times.

Conclusions:

  • Observed breast density status changes may often result from intra- and interradiologist variability.
  • This variability can impact cancer risk assessment and screening recommendations.
  • Automated breast density assessment warrants consideration to improve consistency.