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Cancer
Investigators at University of California target cancer
June 18th, 2009
Researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the risk of cancer (positive predictive value [PPV]) associated with specific findings (mass, calcifications, architectural distortion, asymmetry) in mammographic examinations with abnormal results, to determine the distribution of these findings in examinations in which the patients received a diagnosis of cancer and examinations in which the patients did not, and to analyze PPV variation according to radiologist and patient factors. HIPAA-compliant institutional review board approval was obtained." "PPV of mammographic findings was evaluated in a prospective cohort of 10 262 women who underwent 10 641...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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