U-Systems touts breast density study

May 20, 2010

A national survey of U.S. women ages 40 and older found that 95% of women in this age group do not know their breast density and nearly 90% do not know it increases the risk of developing breast cancer, according to ultrasound developer U-Systems of Sunnyvale, CA.

The study was commissioned by U-Systems and conducted by Harris Interactive, a market research and consulting firm. It included 599 adult women ages 40 and older and was conducted online from April 28 through 30, 2010.

Thirty-two percent of the women in the study said they would consider having an ultrasound exam or other additional imaging if they had increased breast density. And despite the fact that only 5% of the women knew their own breast density prior to the survey, 26% said that it is important for women older than 40 to know their breast density and 23% wanted to know their own breast density, U-Systems said.

U-Systems is sponsoring a nationwide multicenter clinical study to evaluate whether digital mammography in combination with automated breast ultrasound is more accurate than a routine screening mammogram alone in detecting breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue.

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