Effect of implementing digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) instead of mammography on population screening outcomes including interval cancer rates: Results of the Trento DBT pilot evaluation

Effect of implementing digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) instead of mammography on population screening outcomes including interval cancer rates: Results of the Trento DBT pilot evaluation

by Daniela Bernardi, Maria A. Gentilini, Martina De Nisi, Marco Pellegrini, Carmine Fantò, Marvi Valentini, Vincenzo Sabatino, Andrea Luparia, Nehmat Houssami

The Breast, (in press) 2019.09.12

The Trento screening program transitioned to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening based on evidence that DBT improves breast cancer (BC) detection compared to mammography; an evaluation of the transition to DBT is reported in this pilot study.