Breast cancer research and treatment
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Breast Cancer Res. Treat. · May 2021
Association between radiologists' and facilities' characteristics and mammography screening detection of ductal carcinoma in situ.
The aim of our study was, first, to measure association between radiologists and facilities characteristics and DCIS detection. Second, to assess whether those characteristics affect differently the likelihood of detection of DCIS versus invasive breast cancer. When applicable, we examined whether the identified characteristics were similarly associated with low-grade and high-grade DCIS detection. ⋯ A major determinant of DCIS detection is the radiologists' recall rate. Abnormalities referred by radiologists with higher recall rates should be identified in order to understand how to decrease recall rate while keeping an optimal DCIS and invasive detection rate.