Mammographic parenchymal pattern and breast cancer risk profile of Papua New Guinean women - A baseline study of the screening population

This study sets a baseline for future studies of the MPPs of PNG women, and demonstrated that in this snapshot of PNG women, there is no unique distribution of MPPs and no increased risk of breast cancer based on breast density profile. This result does not help to explain the high incidence of breast cancer in PNG. A more comprehensive study of the PNG screening population is required to validate this study.