Re: International Variation in Screening Mammography Interpretations in Community-Based Programs

individualized breast cancer screening versus population-based mammography screening programs

na

Dosimetric Techniques for Mammography Mass Screening Programs

Re: effectiveness of computer-aided detection in community mammography practice.

BACKGROUND Computer-aided detection (CAD) is applied during screening mammography for millions of US women annually, although it is uncertain whether CAD improves breast cancer detection when used by community radiologists. METHODS We investigated the association between CAD use during film-screen screening mammography and specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value, cancer detection ...

Counterpoint re: "Mammography screening-sticking to the science".

In the Canadian National Breast Screening Study, the hazard ratio for breast cancer–specific death was 1.47 for women with cancers detected in the prevalence screening round, 0.9 for women with cancers detected in the subsequent four screening rounds, and 1.05 for women with cancers detected in all screening rounds. Dr. Martin Yaffe claims that these figures are compelling evidence of a randomi...

Re: Accuracy of screening mammography interpretation by characteristics of radiologists.

I enjoyed the excellent study by Barlow et al. ( 1 ), demonstrating that there is no evidence that greater volume or experience at interpreting mammograms is associated with better performance. The common wisdom has always been contrary to these results. In fact, the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) contains at least two requirements based on the dogma that increasing volume and experie...