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Not all false positive diagnoses are equal: On the prognostic implications of false-positive diagnoses made in breast MRI versus in mammography / digital tomosynthesis screening

BACKGROUND: Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been reported to frequently result in false-positive diagnoses, limiting its positive predictive value (PPV). However, for PPV calculation, all nonmalignant tissue changes are equally considered false-positive, although the respective prognosti...

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Autores principales: Kuhl, Christiane K., Keulers, Annika, Strobel, Kevin, Schneider, Hannah, Gaisa, Nadine, Schrading, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5807753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29426360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-0937-7