Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2005 Jun;60(6):674-80.
doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.01.008.

The effect of changing from one to two views at incident (subsequent) screens in the NHS breast screening programme in England: impact on cancer detection and recall rates

R G Blanks  1 , R L Bennett, J Patnick, S Cush, C Davison, S M Moss
Affiliations

The effect of changing from one to two views at incident (subsequent) screens in the NHS breast screening programme in England: impact on cancer detection and recall rates

R G Blanks et al. Clin Radiol. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

Aim: To assess the effect on cancer detection and recall rates of changing from one to two views for incident (subsequent) screens.

Methods: Controlled, comparative, observational study of programmes in NHS breast screening programme in England.

Subjects: women aged 50-64 years were screened by the NHSBSP between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2003.

Results: The effect of changing to two-view mammography was a 20% increase in overall incident screen cancer detection rate, with the biggest effect seen for small (<15 mm) invasive cancers. This increased detection rate was achieved with an 11% drop-in recall rate.

Conclusion: The introduction of two-view mammography for incident screens has resulted in considerable improvements in overall NHS breast screening performance.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources