Improved mammographic accuracy

Use of ancillary imaging studies to evaluate suspicious screening mammograms can improve their positive predictive value for detecting malignant lesions. In 1989 8181 screening mammograms were performed at the breast evaluation center at Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Long Beach. A total of 670...

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Published inAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 164; no. 6 Pt 1; p. 1643
Main Authors Pillsbury, Jr, S G, Link, J S, Roux, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1991
Subjects
Biopsy, Needle
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Mammography - standards
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Summary:Use of ancillary imaging studies to evaluate suspicious screening mammograms can improve their positive predictive value for detecting malignant lesions. In 1989 8181 screening mammograms were performed at the breast evaluation center at Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Long Beach. A total of 670 patients were called back for magnification views or ultrasonographic evaluation, and 92 of these patients underwent surgical biopsy. There were 42 cancers diagnosed, yielding an accuracy rate of 46%.
ISSN:0002-9378
1097-6868
DOI:10.1016/0002-9378(91)91449-7