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Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2017 Oct 26;44(1):37–70. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.09.012

Table 3.

Diagnostic performance of multimodality imaging in breast cancer (Sensitivity and Specificity)


Author Year Accrual period Subject number of research Mammography US MRI PET

BCSC data through 2009 (Consortium) 2004–2008 363,048 Diagnostic Mammography Examinations SE =84.4%
SP=91.3%
- - -

(Kolb, et al. 2002) 1995–2000 11,130 asymptomatic
mean age,63.7 years
total SE=77.6%
≤49y SE=58%
>50y SE=82.7%
total SP=98.8%
total SE=75 3%
≥49ySE=78.6%
≥50y SE=74%
total SP=96 8%

(Saarenmaa, et al. 2001) 1996–1997 572 breast cancer cases
age groups 26–49. 50–59 and 60–92
SE=0.93% Increased by
age, fattiness of breast
OR=0.2,0.4
SE=0.86%
Decreased by age
OR=2.3 Increased
by fattmess of the
breast OR=O.S

(Houssami, et al. 2003) 1994– 1996 480
25–55 years
240 with breast cancer 240 age-matched women not having cancer
total SE=75.8%
≤45ySE=71.7%
46–55 fr- SE=79.1%
total SP =87.6%
total SE=81.7%
≤45 v SE=84.9%
46–55y
SE=79.1%
total SP =88.0%

(Shen, et al. 2015) 2008–2010 13 339 high-nsk women
30–65 years
SE=57.1%
SP =100%
diagnostic accuracy =76.6% PPY=72.7%
SE=100%
SP =99.9%
diagnostic
accuracy =99 9%
PPV=70.0%

(Berg, et al. 2004) 1999–2002 177 malignant foci in 121 cancerous
breasts
SE=67.8%
%SP =75%
SE=83.0%
SP =34%
SE=94.4%
SP =26%
-

(Kuhl, et al. 2005) 1996–2002
mean follow- up of 5.3
529 asymptomatic women who were
suspected or proven to have a breast
cancer susceptibility gene (3RCA)
SE=32.6%
SP =96.8%
SE=39.5%
SP =90.5%
SE=90.7%
SP=97.2%
-

(Kuhl, et al. 2000) 1996–1998 192 asymptomatic women proven or
suspected to be earners of a breast
cancer susceptibility gene.
SE=33%
PPV=30%
SE=33%
PPV=12%
SE=100%
PPY=64%

(Leach, et al. 2005) 1997– 2004 649 patients with a strong family history
of breast cancer or a high probability of a
BRCA1. BRCA2. or TP53 mutation
SE=40%
SP =93%
SE=77%
SP =81%

(Sardanelli. et al. 2011) 2000–2007 501 women with a high genetic nsk SE=50%
SP =99®.
SE=52% SP =98.4% SE=91%
SP=96.7%

(Warner, et al. 2008) Data bases 1995–2007 Summarized 11 studies that screened
women at very high risk for breast
cancer
SE=32%
SP =94.7%
SE=75%
SP=96.1%

(Zhang, et aL 2014) 2006–2012 164 patients with invasive breast cancer - - - SE=86%

(Song, et al 2015) 2008–2012 86 patients with invasive breast cancer
Detecting multifocality in breast cancer
patients
SE=66.7%
SP=89.5%
SE=83.3%
SP=711%
SE=100%
SP=61.8%
SE=33.3%
SP=93.4 %

(Berg, et al 2011) 2006–2008 388 women with invasive and. or
intraductal breast cancer
SE=80.7%
SP=86 3%
P PV=53%
For PEM
SE=80.5%
SP=91.2%
PPY=66%

(Berg, et al. 2006) 94 consecutive women with
known breast cancer
For PEM
SE=90
SP=86
PPV=88
NPV=88
Accuracy=88