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January 8, 2013Radiology

Diagnostic Mammography: Identifying Minimally Acceptable Interpretive Performance Criteria

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PCPatricia A. CarneyTwitter (United States)JPJay R. ParikhAmerican College of Radiology ESEdward A. SicklesUniversity of California, San Francisco

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Randomized trial establishes thresholds for acceptable performance in mammography interpretation, indicating potential improvements in detection rates.

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This research aims to define thresholds for minimally acceptable interpretive performance in diagnostic mammography by physicians.
Used an Angoff approach to set performance criteria for interpreting mammography.
Utilized normative data from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) for expert assessment.
Conducted simulations to estimate clinical impact based on recommended performance thresholds.
Final cut points recommend sensitivity <80% and specificity <80% or >95% for abnormal screening workups.
Expected increase of 86 cancer diagnoses per 100,000 women after screening with reduced false positives by 1067 per 100,000.
For breast lump workups, performance improvements could lead to 335 additional cancer diagnoses per 100,000 women with false positives reduced by 634 per 100,000.

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Carney et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10f9da497e609eda64852f https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.12121216

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Randomized trial establishes thresholds for acceptable performance in mammography interpretation, indicating potential improvements in detection rates.

Diagnostic Mammography: Identifying Minimally Acceptable Interpretive Performance Criteria

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Diagnostic Mammography: Identifying Minimally Acceptable Interpretive Performance Criteria

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