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Film screen mammography has been studied extensively and through several large randomized screening trials, it is known to reduce breast cancer mortality for women over 50 years old by approximately 30%, and for women between ages 40 and 50 by approximately 18% [1], [2]. However, film screen mammography is neither perfectly sensitive nor specific. Increased radiographic tends to reduce the sensitivity of screening mammography. Approximately 10% of breast cancers that are detected by self breast examination or physical examination are not visible by film-screen mammography [3]. In addition, when lesions are detected by mammography and biopsy is recommended by experienced radiologists, 60–95% of the lesions are benign [4]. Clearly, there is room for improvement in breast cancer screening and breast lesion characterization.
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Pisano, E.D. (1998). Initial Clinical Experience with Full Field Digital Mammography. In: Karssemeijer, N., Thijssen, M., Hendriks, J., van Erning, L. (eds) Digital Mammography. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5318-8_63
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