“The finding raises concerns about the potential unintended consequence of false-positive results, where women may avoid screening mammograms in the future,” said lead investigatorDiana Miglioretti, chief of the University of California, Davis' Division of Biostatistics. It’s crucial ...
False-positive mammograms — can the USA learn from Europe ? granted to include thisLucia, AnaAndrade, S Sgambatti DeMartelli, Celina M Turchi
but many of these scares turn out to be false-positives, meaning that after additional imaging or a biopsy, there is no cancer found. False-positive results are common, occurring in 10 to 12% of mammograms in women in their 40s.
False-positive mammograms are common in women with dense breasts and also in women who has benign tumors, calcium deposits, thick skin, newly retracted nipples, or suspicious lymph nodes. Some studies suggest that women with these characteristics have an increased risk of breast cancer. However,...
The study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs breaks the cost down as follows: $2.8 billion resulting from false-positive mammograms and another $1.2 billion attributed to breast cancer overdiagnosis. That's the treatment of tumors that grow slowly or not at all, and are unlikely to...
The article offers information on a retrospective cohort study conducted in the U.S. on the total annual cost of false-positive mammograms and the overdiagnoses of breast cancer in women.doi:10.1007/s40274-015-2065-2NoneSpringer International PublishingPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News...
delay between false positive and true negative; however, when we looked at those who had at least two screens in our system (that is only those who remained in the system), women with the false positive result were still delaying their second screen compared to those with the negative ...
National expenditures for false-positive mammograms and breast cancer overdiagnoses alone are estimated at $4 billion a year, according to a report in the April 2015 issue ofHealth Affairs.[1]The study reviewed spending data from more than 702,000 female patients aged 40-59 who are covered by...
False Positive Mammograms and Detection Controlled Estimation. Abstract,Executive Summary and Final Report This project examined the incidence of false positive mammograms using detection controlled estimation (DCE), together with an extensive database from a large... AN Kleit 被引量: 0发表: 2001年 ...
The findings suggest "that either that the false positive mammograms may not be false at all, or that the false positive mammograms may be representative of a biological process which contributes to elevated risk of developing breast cancer in the future," said Dr. Richard Bleicher, of the Fox...