Cancer detection and mammogram volume of radiologists in a population-based screening programme

Mary Rickard; Richard Taylor; Andrew Page; Jane Estoesta

doi:10.1016/j.breast.2005.04.005

Cancer detection and mammogram volume of radiologists in a population-based screening programme

Mary Rickard, Richard Taylor, Andrew Page, Jane Estoesta

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This study investigates the relationship between the number of screening mammograms read by radiologists and the screening breast cancer detection rate. Cancer detection rates for incident screens (all women aged ≥40 years) were compared by increasing categories of reader volume using Poisson regression. Data from New South Wales (NSW) for a 2 year period (2000–2001) were obtained from the BreastScreen NSW programme. Cancer detection rates increased with the number of mammograms read in the programme, reaching a plateau of approximately 40 per 10,000 after 1375 mammograms per year. No significant differences in cancer detection were evident above 875 mammograms (compared to below 875 mammograms) per year (RR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.63–0.99).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-43
Number of pages	5
Journal	Breast
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2005.04.005
Publication status	Published - 2006

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breast cancer
breast cancer screening
mammography

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Cancer detection and mammogram volume of radiologists in a population-based screening programme

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