Screening mammography in community practice: positive predictive value of abnormal findings and yield of follow-up diagnostic procedures.
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 165 (6) , 1373-1377
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.165.6.7484568
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to gather from 50 community mammography practices that were included in the National Survey of Mammography Facilities data concerning abnormal findings on screening mammograms to determine the frequency of various recommendations made for patients who had abnormal findings and to compare these recommendations with the frequency with which the procedures were actually performed. We also determined the positive predictive value of screening mammograms (the number of cancers detected per 100 abnormal findings) and the yield (the number of cancers detected per 100 procedures done) of various diagnostic procedures done because of abnormal findings.We identified 1717 screening mammograms done in the last half of 1991 that had abnormal findings. Radiologic recommendations and follow-up procedures, including repeat standard (screening) mammography, additional mammographic views, sonography, clinical breast examination, needle aspiration, needle biopsy, and open biopsy, were identifie...Keywords
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