Not all false positive diagnoses are equal: On the prognostic implications of false-positive diagnoses made in breast MRI versus in mammography / digital tomosynthesis screening

Not all false positive diagnoses are equal: On the prognostic implications of false-positive diagnoses made in breast MRI versus in mammography / digital tomosynthesis screening

Abstract Background Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been reported to frequently result in false-positive diagnoses, limiting its positive predictive value (PPV). However, for PPV calculation, all nonmalignant tissue changes are equally considered false-positive, although the respective p...

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Main Authors: Christiane K. Kuhl, Annika Keulers, Kevin Strobel, Hannah Schneider, Nadine Gaisa, Simone Schrading
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
Subjects:
Digital mammography
Digital breast tomosynthesis
Magnetic resonance imaging
Breast MRI
False-positive diagnoses
Atypia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-018-0937-7

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