Comparison of digital screening mammography and screen-film mammography in the early detection of clinically relevant cancers: a multicenter study.

Purpose: To compare screen-film mammography with digital mammography in a breast cancer screening program, with a focus on the clinical relevance of detected cancers.

Materials And Methods: The study was approved by the regional medical ethics review board. Informed consent was not required.

Consequences of digital mammography in population-based breast cancer screening: initial changes and long-term impact on referral rates.

Objectives: To investigate the referral pattern after the transition to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in a population-based breast cancer screening programme.

Methods: Preceding the nationwide digitalisation of the Dutch screening programme, an FFDM feasibility study was conducted. Detection and referral rates for FFDM and screen-film mammography (SFM) were compared for first and subsequent screens.

Breast cancer screening results 5 years after introduction of digital mammography in a population-based screening program.

Purpose: To compare full-field digital mammography (FFDM) using computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) with screen-film mammography (SFM) in a population-based breast cancer screening program for initial and subsequent screening examinations.

Materials And Methods: The study was approved by the regional medical ethics review board. Informed consent was not required.