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McCarthy et al (2014) stated that early data on breast cancer screening utilizing digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) combined with digital mammography (DM) have shown improvements in false-positive (FP) and false-negative (FN) screening rates compared with DM alone. However, these trials were pe...
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healthcare costs; false positive; breast cancer; digital mammography; family history; mammographic density; annual screening; biennial screening1. Introduction Breast cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for women in Canada, with a lifetime risk of 12.4% [1]. Canadian guidelines ...
All eligible individuals are able to access screening in this way. Opportunistic screening, which is when a healthcare provider orders a mammogram for an asymptomatic patient, can also occur outside of some provinces’ organized cancer screening programs. Alternatively, some patients present to their...