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Comparing Breast Screening Protocols: Inserting Catch Trials Does Not Improve Sensitivity over Double Screening

Breast screening is an important tool for the early detection of breast cancers. However, tumours are typically present in less than 1% of mammograms. This low prevalence could cause radiologists to detect fewer tumours than they otherwise would, an issue known as the prevalence effect. The aim of o...

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Autores principales: Chen, Weijia, Howe, Piers D. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5056692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27723788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163928