DBT leads to fewer false-positive results than mammography - AuntMinnie

Women have nearly a 7% less chance of receiving a false-positive exam from annual digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) than conventional digital mammography after 10 years of screening, according to research published March 25 in <em>JAMA Network Open</em>.

A team led by Dr. Thao-Quyen Ho, PhD, from University of California, Davis also found that women had about a 2.5% lower chance of receiving a false-positive exam from biennial DBT than mammography an… [+3672 chars]

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