Tag: Mammography
Cancer Screening and Detection Remain Below Prepandemic Levels
Lower screening rates for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancers suggest 'pattern of forgone care,' according to researchers
Black Women Have Less Access to Newer Mammogram Technology
Among women with Medicare insurance, Black women less likely than White women to receive digital versus screen-film mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis
Radiographers Read Mammograms for UK Double Reading Program
Cancer detection rate, recall rate, and positive predictive value similar for radiologists, trained radiographers as first readers
AI Assistance May Improve Accuracy of Breast Cancer Screening
Sensitivity increased for subgroups with small lesion sizes, invasive carcinomas
Diagnostic Mammogram Performance Varies by Race/Ethnicity
Invasive cancer detection rates, positive predictive values highest for non-Hispanic Whites, lowest for Hispanics
Factors ID’d in Time to Breast Biopsy by Race, Ethnicity
Multilevel factors examined for differences in time from abnormal screening mammogram to biopsy by race, ethnicity
Study Compares DBT With Digital Mammography Screening
Digital breast tomosynthesis linked to lower risk of advanced breast cancer for women with extremely dense breasts, high risk for breast cancer
Screening Mammography Levels Not Fully Restored After Pandemic Drop
While mammography, biopsies, and cancer diagnoses are up from 2020 lows, none have reached pre-COVID-19 volumes
AI May Help Detect Breast Cancer in Mammography Screening Program
Performance of AI system for detecting breast cancers promising in setting of large population-based mammography screening program
Breast Cancer Risk Up With Dense Breasts, Benign Breast Disease
Elevated risk also seen for benign breast disease and fatty breasts and extremely dense breasts without benign breast disease
