Tuesday 2 April 2013

Overview of the evidence on digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer detection

Overview of the evidence on digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer detection. The breast, Vol. 22(2), April 2013, p.101-08.

Houssami, N. and Skaane, P.

http://www.thebreastonline.com/article/S0960-9776(13)00019-2/abstract

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT, or 3D-mammography), a three-dimensional derivative of digital mammography, reduces the effect of tissue superimposition and may improve mammographic interpretation. In this review, we examined the evidence on the accuracy of DBT in clinical studies. Published studies of DBT were relatively small studies, mostly test-set observer (reader) studies or clinical series that included symptomatic and screen-recalled cases, and were generally enriched with cancers.