Sunday, 1 March 2009

Positive Predictive Value of Specific Mammographic Findings according to Reader and Patient Variables

Positive Predictive Value of Specific Mammographic Findings according to Reader and Patient Variables
Aruna Venkatesan, Philip Chu, Karla Kerlikowske, Edward A. Sickles, and Rebecca Smith-Bindman
Radiology 2009;250 648-657

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Another UCSF classic paper. Asymmetry is the finding with the lowest cancer yield at screening examinations; with asymmetry, invasive cancer (particularly among women younger than 70 years) was infrequently identified and was commonly a false-positive result

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