About HIPIMR
The Hawaiʻi & Pacific Islands Mammography Registry (HIPIMR) maintains a computerized database of women undergoing breast imaging in the state of Hawaiʻi — currently over 45 million images. Records include demographics, clinical data, risk factors, breast-imaging interpretations, and cancer outcomes, linked with the Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry ↗ and Hawaii State Department of Health Vital Records ↗.
Primary objectives
- Identify next-generation breast-imaging characteristics and their association with breast cancer across ages and ethnicities.
- Examine clinical risk factors in women undergoing screening in disadvantaged and underrepresented communities in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands.
- Improve breast-cancer screening accuracy and accessibility through quality control, alternative technology, and artificial intelligence.
Scope
HIPIMR seeks to understand how mammograms and advanced breast imaging detect cancer — and what characteristics influence detection outcomes — with the goal of making screening more efficient and improving outcomes for women with breast cancer.
Data collection began in 2019 with support from the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute. The registry includes retrospective imaging data from approximately 2009 onward and prospective data through 2025, with over twenty mammography facilities across Hawaiʻi participating.
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