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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Mar 8;138(3):879–887. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2466-5

Table 3.

Time to resolution and distribution of screening examination modality and age for the most common work-up pathways not ending in biopsy.

Mammography Mammography, Ultrasound Mammography, Mammography, Ultrasound Ultrasound
Median (IQR*) Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Time to resolution (days) 8 (5, 14) 10 (7, 16) 7.5 (6, 12) 7 (3, 14)
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Modality of screening examination
 Digital 7681 (53.4) 4739 (53.8) 42 (1.8) 736 (50.4)
 Screen-film 6698 (46.6) 4062 (46.2) 2256 (98.2) 723 (49.6)
Age (years)
 40–49 4797 (33.4) 3346 (38.0) 904 (39.3) 631 (43.2)
 50–59 4769 (33.2) 2855 (32.4) 794 (34.6) 461 (31.6)
 60–69 2805 (19.5) 1562 (17.7) 385 (16.8) 205 (14.1)
 70–79 1441 (10.0) 764 (8.7) 160 (7.0) 115 (7.9)
 80–89 567 (3.9) 274 (3.1) 55 (2.4) 47 (3.2)
*

IQR = Interquartile range