Digital mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis may decrease patient recall rates
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
Nationally, about ten percent of women in the US are recalled for a second mammogram after an abnormality is detected on the first one -for most women this can be very stressful. However the use of digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography combined may be associated with a substantial decrease in recall rate, according to a study performed at UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA. Some researchers believe that digital breast tomosynthesis depicts the breast tissue in a way which may allow radiologists to identify some tumors which could be missed with standard two-dimensional mammography.