Variation in false-positive rates of mammography reading among 1067 radiologists: A population-based assessment

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-318

  Tan, Alai ^a   Freeman Jr , Daniel H ^a   Goodwin, James S ^b   Freeman, Jean L ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive; Mammography; Medicare claims; Older women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK; SAMPLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750716837     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9252-6     Document Type: Article

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