Table 5.

Comparison of the distribution in the dense BI-RADS categories and the corresponding costs (in supplemental screens per interval cancer detected) for BI-RADS stratification of this work and of other studies

	Kerlikowske et al. [12]			Kerlikowske et al. [18]			This work
	Percent		Cost	Percent		Cost	Percent		Cost
	Interval cancer	All women		Interval cancer	Cancer-free		Interval cancer	Cancer-free
BI-RADS 4	14.8	8.0	892	27.9	8.5	508	13.6	9.3	1140
BI-RADS 3	55.4	39.4		45.6	33.3		50.0	33.3
BI-RADS 3 + 4	70.2	47.4	1124	73.5	41.8	948	63.6	42.6	1117