The effect of patient characteristics on the accuracy of mammography and clinical breast exam

Principal Investigator: Constance Lehman, Emily White, Nina Oestreicher
Co-Investigators: Diana Buist
Funder:  National Cancer Institute
Project Dates:   January 1, 1996 – December 31, 1999

Abstract:

  1. To examine the association between age, breast density race and accuracy of mammography and CBE among women in a breast cancer screening program. 
  2. To examine the association between these characteristics and stage at diagnosis

Publications:                
Oestreicher N, Lehman CD, Seger DJ, Buist DS, White E. The incremental contribution of clinical breast examination to invasive cancer detection in a mammography screening program. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Feb;184(2):428-32.  Abstract.

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