Performance of Screening Mammography: A Report of the Alliance for Breast Cancer Screening in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the diagnostic accuracy and trend in screening mammography in Korea.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively linked the information from hospitals participating in the Alliance of Breast Cancer Screening in Korea (ABCS-K) and the database of the National Cancer Screening Program. We calculated performance indicators, including the recall rate, cancer detection rate (CDR), positive predictive value (PPV), sensitivity, specificity, false-positive rate (FPR), and interval cancer rate (ICR). Changes in the performance indicators were calculated as the annual percent change with 95% confidence interval (CI).

Results

We enrolled 128756 cases from 10 hospitals from 2005 to 2010. The recall rate was 19.1% with a downward trend over time (-12.1% per year;

SUBMITTER: Lee EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4936171 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature