Assessment of Radiologist Performance in Breast Cancer Screening Using Digital Breast Tomosynthesis vs Digital Mammography.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many US radiologists have screening mammography recall rates above the expert-recommended threshold of 12%. The influence of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) on the distribution of radiologist recall rates is uncertain.

Objective

To evaluate radiologists' recall and cancer detection rates before and after beginning interpretation of DBT examinations.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included 198 radiologists from 104 radiology facilities in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium who interpreted 251 384 DBT and 2 000 681 digital mammography (DM) screening examinations from 2009 to 2017, including 126 radiologists (63.6%) who interpreted DBT examinations during the study period and 72 (36.4%) who exclusively interpreted DM examinations

SUBMITTER: Sprague BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7292996 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature