Article
Factors Associated With Rates of False-Positive and False-Negative Results From Digital Mammography Screening: An Analysis of Registry Data.
Annals of internal medicine - 16 Feb 2016
Nelson Heidi D, O'Meara Ellen S, Kerlikowske Karla, Balch Steven, Miglioretti Diana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Women screened with digital mammography may receive false-positive and false-negative results and subsequent imaging and biopsies. How these outcomes vary by age, time since the last screening, and individual risk factors is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine factors associated with false-positive and false-negative digital mammography results, additional imaging, and biopsies among a general population...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
