Effect of radiologist experience on the risk of false-positive results in breast cancer screening programs

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2083-2090

  Alberdi, Raquel Zubizarreta ^a   Llanes, Ana B Fernández ^a   Ortega, Raquel Almazán ^a   Expósito, Rubén Roman ^b   Collado, Jose M Velarde ^b   Verdes, Teresa Queiro ^c   Ramos, Carmen Natal ^d   Sanz, María Ederra ^e   Trejo, Dolores Salas ^f   Oliveres, Xavier Castells ^b  

^a Public Health and Planning Directorate   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment   (Spain)

^d Principality of Asturias   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f Centre for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; False positive reactions; Mammography; Mass screening; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053929493     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2160-0     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Deck W, Kakuma R (2006) Screening mammography: a reassessment. Montréal (Canada): Agence d'Évaluation des Technologies et des Modes d'Intervention en Santé (AETMIS). Available via http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs57227. Accessed 14 May 2011
2. PC Gotzsche M Nielsen 2009 Screening for breast cancer with mammography Cochrane Database Syst Rev 1 CD001877 10.1002/14651858.CD001877.pub4
3. L Nystrom I Andersson N Bjurstam J Frisell B Nordenskjold LE Rutqvist 2002 Long-term effects of mammography screening: updated overview of the Swedish randomised trials Lancet 359 909 919 11918907 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08020-0
4. von Karsa L, Anttila A, Ronco G, et al (2008) Cancer screening in the European Union. Report on the Implementation of the Council Recommendation on cancer screening-First Report. European Commission (2008). Available via http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph-determinants/genetics/documents/cancer-screening. pdf. Accessed 25 Nov 2009
5. JG Elmore MB Barton VM Moceri S Polk PJ Arena SW Fletcher 1998 Ten-year risk of false positive screening mammograms and clinical breast examinations N Engl J Med 338 1089 1096 9545356 10.1056/NEJM199804163381601 1:STN:280:DyaK1c7ps1Kitw%3D%3D
6. S Hofvind S Thoresen S Tretli 2004 The cumulative risk of a false-positive recall in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program Cancer 101 1501 1507 15378474 10.1002/cncr.20528
7. Council of the European Union (2003) Council Recommendation of 2 December 2003 on Cancer Screening (2003/878/EC) Off J Eur Union. 16 Dic 327:34-38
8. K Kerlikowske D Grady J Barclay EA Sickles V Ernster 1996 Effect of age, breast density, and family history on the sensitivity of first screening mammography JAMA 276 33 38 8667536 10.1001/jama.276.1.33 1:STN:280: DyaK283ptVeqtQ%3D%3D
9. PA Carney DL Miglioretti BC Yankaskas, et al. 2003 Individual and combined effects of age, breast density, and hormone replacement therapy use on the accuracy of screening mammography Ann Intern Med 138 168 175 12558355
10. CD Lehman E White S Peacock MJ Drucker N Urban 1999 Effect of age and breast density on screening mammograms with false-positive findings AJR Am J Roentgenol 173 1651 1655 10584815 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3c%2FkvFGisg%3D%3D
11. S Taplin L Abraham WE Barlow, et al. 2008 Mammography facility characteristics associated with interpretive accuracy of screening mammography J Natl Cancer Inst 100 876 887 18544742 10.1093/jnci/djn172
12. R Smith-Bindman P Chu DL Miglioretti, et al. 2005 Physician predictors of mammographic accuracy J Natl Cancer Inst 97 358 367 15741572 10.1093/jnci/dji060
13. L Kan IA Olivotto LJ Warren Burhenne EA Sickles AJ Coldman 2000 Standardized abnormal interpretation and cancer detection ratios to assess reading volume and reader performance in a breast screening program Radiology 215 563 567 10796940 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3c3lslSjtA%3D%3D
14. L Esserman H Cowley C Eberle, et al. 2002 Improving the accuracy of mammography: volume and outcome relationships J Natl Cancer Inst 94 369 375 11880475
15. WE Barlow C Chi PA Carney, et al. 2004 Accuracy of screening mammography interpretation by characteristics of radiologists J Natl Cancer Inst 96 1840 1850 15601640 10.1093/jnci/djh333
16. CA Beam EF Conant EA Sickles 2003 Association of volume and volume-independent factors with accuracy in screening mammogram interpretation J Natl Cancer Inst 95 282 290 12591984 10.1093/jnci/95.4.282
17. E Molins F Macia F Ferrer MT Maristany X Castells 2008 Association between radiologists' experience and accuracy in interpreting screening mammograms BMC Health Serv Res 8 91 18439248 10.1186/1472-6963-8-91
18. Castells X, Sala M, Ascunce N, Salas D, Zubizarreta RMC (2007) Descripción del cribado del cáncer en España. Proyecto DESCRIC. In: Plan de Calidad para el Sistema Nacional de Salud, ed.: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Agència d'Avaluació de Tecnologia i Recerca Mèdiques de Cataluña. Available via http://www.gencat.cat/salut/ depsan/units/aatrm/pdf/in0601es.pdf. Accessed 14 May 2011
19. European Commission (2006) European guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer screening and diagnosis, 4th edn. In: Perry N, Broeders M, de Wolf C, Törnberg S, Holland R, von Karsa L, et al. (eds) Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg
20. DB Woodard AE Gelfand WE Barlow JG Elmore 2007 Performance assessment for radiologists interpreting screening mammography Stat Med 26 1532 1551 16847870 10.1002/sim.2633 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2s7gsF2rsA%3D%3D
21. JG Elmore DL Miglioretti LM Reisch, et al. 2002 Screening mammograms by community radiologists: variability in false-positive rates J Natl Cancer Inst 94 1373 1380 12237283
22. DL Miglioretti R Smith-Bindman L Abraham, et al. 2007 Radiologist characteristics associated with interpretive performance of diagnostic mammography J Natl Cancer Inst 19 99 1854 1863
23. A Tan DH Freeman Jr JS Goodwin JL Freeman 2006 Variation in false-positive rates of mammography reading among 1067 radiologists: a population-based assessment Breast Cancer Res Treat 100 309 318 16819566 10.1007/s10549-006-9252-6
24. X Castells E Molins F Macia 2006 Cumulative false positive recall rate and association with participant related factors in a population based breast cancer screening programme J Epidemiol Community Health 60 316 321 16537348 10.1136/jech.2005.042119