Management Problems in Mammographic Mass Screening.

Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer

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Mammographic Mass Detection Using a Mass Template

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to develop a new method for automated mass detection in digital mammographic images using templates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Masses were detected using a two steps process. First, the pixels in the mammogram images were scanned in 8 directions, and regions of interest (ROI) were identified using various thresholds. Then, a mass template was used to catego...

Improving rates of mammographic screening.

Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer

N Engl J Med 2003;348:1672-80. Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 44-year-old woman who is a new patient has no known current health problems and no family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Eighteen months ago, she had a normal screening mammogram. She recently read that mammograms may not help to prevent death from breast cancer and that “the patient should decide.” But she d...

Mammographic screening: case-control studies.

BACKGROUND The case-control design can be used to evaluate the benefit of cancer screening programmes. MATERIALS AND METHODS This paper outlines the main methodological features of the case-control design in this context, and indicates some potential biases. It also reviews the existing case-control literature on mammographic screening. RESULTS Case-control studies consistently indicate a r...