A recent study published in JAMA Oncology made an intriguing discovery. The findings indicated that women who received a false positive mammography result were more likely to develop breast cancer in the 20 subsequent years than women who did not receive a false positive result.
The findings showed that the risk is highest for women between the ages of 60–75 that have low breast density and was also highest in the four to six years following a false positive result.
The study was conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet who noted in a news release that at each screening visit, approximately 3 percent of women have a false positive result—which means that they are recalled for further testing without receiving a cancer diagnosis....
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