Frequency and characteristics of contralateral breast abnormalities following recall at screening mammography.

• 3% of recalled women underwent evaluation of contralateral, non-recalled lesions • One out of seven contralateral, non-recalled lesions was malignant • A contralateral cancer was diagnosed in 0.5% of recalls • Screen-detected cancers and non-recalled, contralateral cancers showed similar histological characteristics • Tumour stage and surgical treatment were similar for both groups.