Table 2.
Results of studies comparing performance of tomosynthesis (DBT) and ultrasound in women with mammography negative dense breasts.
| Author, Year |
Total Number of Cancers |
Number of Women Screened |
Number of cancers detected only by DBT |
Number of cancers detected only by US |
CDR of DBT |
CDR of US |
Recall rate of DBT |
Recall rate of US |
PPV3 of DBT |
PPV3 of US |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tagliafico, 2016 |
24 | 3231 | 1 | 11 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 53 (1.7) | 65 (2.0) | 13/35 (37.1) |
23/47 (48.0) |
Mammography-negative women; interim analysis of 1st year results |
| Destounis, 2017 |
39 | 7146 | 4 | 17 | 3.0 | 4.9 | NR | NR | NR | NR | Retrospective review |
CDR: Cancer Detection Rate per 1,000 screens; DBT: Digital Breast Tomosynthesis; NR: Not Reported: US: Ultrasonography