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. 2012 Nov 29;14(6):R152. doi: 10.1186/bcr3365

Table 2.

Probability of cancer detection at prevalent and incident screens, and monthly incidence of interval cancers.

Description Parameter Definition
Any screen k

Number of women screened n.scrk see Table 1
Negative screening episodes n.negk n.scrk(1-P.scrnpisk-P.scrpisk-P.scrinvk)

Proportion of false negatives at screen k

False negative NPIS P.fnegnpisk (P.scrnpiskn.scrk(1-Sis)/Sis)/n.negk
False negative PIS P.fnegpisk (P.scrpiskn.scrk(1-Sis)/Sis)/n.negk
False negative PIBC P.fneginvk (P.scrinvkn.scrk(1-Sinv)/Sinv)/n.negk
Any pre-cancer state P.fnegk P.fnegnpisk+P.fnegpisk+P.fneginvk

Prevalent screen

Screen-detected NPIS P.scrnpis1 SisP12(age)/(P11(age) + P12(age) + P13(age) + P14(age))
Screen-detected PIS P.scrpis1 SisP13(age)/(P11(age) + P12(age) + P13(age) + P14(age))
Screen-detected PIBC P.scrinv1 SinvP14(age)/(P11(age) + P12(age) + P13(age) + P14(age))

Incident screen k

Screen-detected NPIS P.scrnpisk Sis(1-P.fnegk-1)P12(t)+P.fnegnpisk-1P22(t)
Screen-detected PIS P.scrpisk Sis(1-P.fnegk-1)P12(t)+P.fnegnpisk-1P22(t)
Screen-detected PIBC P.scrinvk Sinv(1-P.fnegk-1)P14(t)+P.fnegpisk-1P34(t)+P.fneginvk-1P44(t)

Monthly incidence of interval cancers in the first m months after screen k

In-situ ICisk n.negk(P11(m-1)P16(1)+P12(m-1)P26(1))+P.scriskn.scrk(1-Sis)/Sis(P22(m-1)P26(1))
Invasive ICinvk n.negk(P11(m-1)P15(1)+P13(m-1)P35(1)+P14(m-1)P45(1))+P.scrinvkn.scrk(1-Sinv)/Sinv(P44(m-1)P45(1))+P.scrpiskn.scrk(1-Sis)/Sis(P34(m-1)P45(1)+P33(m-1)P35(1))

Age, age at first screen; NPIS, non-progressive in situ breast cancer; PIBC, preclinical invasive breast cancer; PIS, progressive in situ breast cancerl; t, screening interval.