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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast J. 2017 Nov 5;24(3):369–372. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12942

Table 1.

Performance Measures of Screening Mammography Among Women Undergoing Digital and Film-Screen Examinations*

Performance Measure FFDM SFM P-Value
Cases of cancer per 1000 examinations 4.8 (4.1, 5.5) 5.4 (4.7, 6.1) 0.04
Cancer detection per 1000 examinations§ 4.3 (3.5, 5.0) 4.8 (4.1, 5.4) 0.07
False-negative results per 1000 examinations|| 0.54 (0.31, 0.76) 0.63 (0.42, 0.84) 0.39
Sensitivity 0.89 (0.84, 0.93) 0.88 (0.84, 0.92) 0.69
Specificity 0.89 (0.89, 0.89) 0.87 (0.87, 0.87) <0.0001
Recall rate, % 0.11 (0.11, 0.12) 0.14 (0.13, 0.14) <0.0001
Positive predictive value 0.04 (0.03, 0.04) 0.04 (0.03, 0.04) 0.28
*

Values in parentheses are 95% CIs.

Adjusted for site, age, ethnicity, year, and time between screening examinations.

Invasive cancer or DCIS within 12 months of a screening examination

§

Invasive cancer or DCIS within 12 months of a positive screening examination.

||

Invasive cancer or DCIS within 12 months of a negative screening examination

Sensitivity to detect invasive cancer or DCIS within 12 mos. of a screening examination.