Digital versus screen film mammography: a clinical comparison

[...]the sensitivity of mammography in detecting carcinoma in dense breasts is limited; a 62.9% reduction in sensitivity in dense breasts as compared to 87.0% in breasts with fatty involution [7]. When comparing DM to SFM, it was found that the overall diagnostic accuracy of both technologies in det...

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Published in:Biomedical imaging and intervention journal 2008-10, Vol.4 (4), p.e31-e31
Main Author: Faridah, Y
Format: Article
Language:English
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Breast cancer
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Summary:[...]the sensitivity of mammography in detecting carcinoma in dense breasts is limited; a 62.9% reduction in sensitivity in dense breasts as compared to 87.0% in breasts with fatty involution [7]. When comparing DM to SFM, it was found that the overall diagnostic accuracy of both technologies in detecting breast cancer detection was similar [8, 9]. Overall it was found that using all-digital mammography in screening for breast carcinoma is not cost-effective and that age-targeted digital mammography screening is the most efficient approach when considering healthcare provisions [18]. [...]a balance has to be achieved between desire and reality (the actual need). With robust technological advancement, however, drawbacks could eventually be overcome, opening the door for DM to replace SFM as the gold standard for breast cancer detection. 1 Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ISSN:1823-5530
1823-5530
DOI:10.2349/biij.4.4.e31