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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Apr 17;181(2):255–268. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05637-y
Patients PPV3 (rate of malignancy among cases with positive results on screening who underwent biopsy)
Inclusion criteria
Women with a personal history of breast cancer and had undergone curative-intent treatment Sensitivity (TP/[TP + FP])
Specificity (TN/[TN + FN])
Exclusion criteria Number of screens needed to detect on cancer
Pregnant, lactating, or known metastatic disease Recall rate (proportion of women with a positive screen result)
Non-human research participants Emotional impact (e.g., anxiety, depression) of positive results (true- and false-positive findings)
Male study participants
Interventions Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria Outcomes not listed
Magnetic resonance imaging Economic outcomes only
Mammography Timing
CBE Inclusion criteria
No screening Articles published after 2000
Ultrasound Studies of any duration
Exclusion criteria Settings
Screening modalities that do not include MRI as a study group Inclusion criteria
MRI for any purpose other than screening (i.e., diagnostic) Any setting where MRI breast cancer screening is provided
Comparators Study Design
Inclusion criteria Inclusion criteria
MRI vs. Mammography (plus Ultrasound) Controlled studies (RCTs, cohort studies, case–control studies)
MRI vs. no screening Modeling/simulation studies that meet previously stated inclusion/exclusion criteria
Ipsilateral vs. contralateral detection
MRI at various intervals Observational studies (prospective and retrospective cohort studies, case–control studies, or cross-sectional studies)
Women with a personal history of breast cancer vs. women without
Exclusion criteria
Women with a personal history of breast cancer and a family history of breast cancer vs. no family history of breast cancer Systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses
Non-research studies (e.g., editorials, letters)
Outcomes Other
Inclusion criteria English language
Cancer detection rate (proportion of women with appositive screen result and a positive reference standard) Peer-reviewed articles
Exclusion criteria
Cancer detection rate for ipsilateral and contralateral breast cancer Non-English language
PPV1 (malignancy rate among cases that test positive on screening) or false-positive rate Abstracts only