Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening

D. Pisano, Etta; Gatsonis, Constantine; Hendrick, Edward; J. Yaffe, Martin; K. Baum, Janet; Acharyya, Suddhasatta; F. Conant, Emily; L. Fajardo, Laurie; W. Bassett, Lawrence; J. D'Orsi, C.; A. Jong, Roberta; Rebner, Murray

doi:10.1056/nejmoa052911

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Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 16, 2005

Authors:

Etta D. Pisano

Constantine Gatsonis

Edward Hendrick

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Film mammography has limited sensitivity for the detection of breast cancer in women with radiographically dense breasts. We assessed whether the use of digital mammography would avoid some of these limitations. METHODS: A total of 49,528 asymptomatic women presenting for screening mammo...

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Medicine

Mammography

Confidence interval

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