The burden of false-positive results in analog and digital screening mammography: Experience of the Nova Scotia breast screening program

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-320

  Payne, Jennifer I ^a,b,c,d   Martin, Tetyana ^a   Caines, Judy S ^a,c,d   Duggan, Ryan ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast screening; False positive rate; Harms of screening; Mammography; Organized screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SCREENING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84908376712     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 14882361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2014.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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