Influence of annual interpretive volume on screening mammography performance in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine whether U.S. radiologists' interpretive volume affects their screening mammography performance.

Materials and methods

Annual interpretive volume measures (total, screening, diagnostic, and screening focus [ratio of screening to diagnostic mammograms]) were collected for 120 radiologists in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) who interpreted 783 965 screening mammograms from 2002 to 2006. Volume measures in 1 year were examined by using multivariate logistic regression relative to screening sensitivity, false-positive rates, and cancer detection rate the next year. BCSC registries and the Statistical Coordinating Center received institutional review board approval for active or passive consenting processes and a Federal Certificate of Confident

SUBMITTER: Buist DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3064821 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature