Costs and Effects of Implementing Digital Tomosynthesis in a Population-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program: Predictions Using Results from the To-Be Trial in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although several studies from Europe and the US have shown promising screening results favoring digital breast tomosynthesis compared with standard digital mammography (DM), both costs and effects of implementing tomosynthesis in routine screening programs remain uncertain. The cost effectiveness of using tomosynthesis in routine screening is debated in the literature, and model inputs from randomized trials are lacking. Using parameters mainly from a randomized controlled trial (the To-Be trial), we simulated costs and effects of implementing tomosynthesis in the national screening program BreastScreen Norway.

Methods

The To-Be trial was performed in Bergen from 2016 to 2017 within BreastScreen Norway, where females were randomized to either digital breast tomosy

SUBMITTER: Moger TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283618 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature