EFFICIENCY OF SINGLE-VIEW MAMMOGRAPHY - RATE OF INTERVAL CANCER CASES

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 62  (4) , 799-803
Abstract
A nonselected population of women screened by single-view mammography was followed up to 2 yr after screening, and breast carcinoma cases diagnosed were registered; 28,350 women were followed for 1 yr. At screening, 132 invasive carcinoma cases were detected, and during the 1st yr after screening, 10 cases were detected. According to an efficiency index, which takes into consideration detections at screening and interval cases, the 1-yr efficiency was 93%. The efficiency of single-view mammography for breast cancer screening was found to be satisfactory.