Detection and interval cancer rates during the transition from screen-film to digital mammography in population-based screening

Detection and interval cancer rates during the transition from screen-film to digital mammography in population-based screening

Abstract Background Between 2003 and 2010 digital mammography (DM) gradually replaced screen-film mammography (SFM) in the Dutch breast cancer screening programme (BCSP). Previous studies showed increases in detection rate (DR) after the transition to DM. However, national interval cancer rates (ICR...

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Main Authors: Valérie D. V. Sankatsing, Jacques Fracheboud, Linda de Munck, Mireille J. M. Broeders, Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn, Eveline A. M. Heijnsdijk, André L. M. Verbeek, Johannes D. M. Otten, Ruud M. Pijnappel, Sabine Siesling, Harry J. de Koning, National Evaluation Team for Breast cancer screening, NETB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Breast cancer screening
Digital mammography
Screen-film mammography
Interval cancers
Detection rate
Programme sensitivity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4122-2

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