Mark Sak

TL;DR: The association between VASS and MPD is strong for both film and digital mammography, suggesting that VASS is a viable measure of breast density, a known risk factor for breast cancer.

TL;DR: Findings confirmed and strengthen findings presented in previous work indicating that UST sound speed imaging yields viable markers of breast density in a manner consistent with mammography, the current clinical standard.

TL;DR: The relationship between breast density and breast cancer risk is discussed, the benefits and drawbacks of using multiple different imaging modalities to measure density are listed, and how breast density will be applied to aid in breast cancer prevention and treatment is briefly discussed.

TL;DR: It is suggested that whole breast sound speed may be more strongly associated with breast cancer risk than MPD and offer future opportunities for refining the magnitude and precision of risk associations in larger, population-based studies, including women younger than usual screening ages.

TL;DR: UST provided highly reproducible sound speed measurements, which reflect breast density, suggesting that UST has utility in sensitively assessing change in density.