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Tomosynthesis (3-D) mammography reduces recall of patients for testing for breast cancer but doesn’t show a significant difference in cancer detection

Recalls of patients after a mammogram have an occurrence rate of 12%. It is a very stressful experience for the patient and it adds to diagnostic costs. With tomosynthesis the recall rate can be reduced from 12% to 8% but the breast cancer detection rate doesn’t change significantly according to…

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