title: [Diagnostic effectiveness of mammography in various age groups].
abstract: The diagnostic efficacy of 935 mammographies from the mammology service for self-referred symptomatic women was assessed for the period of 1975-1988. Breast cancer was detected in 200 women. The paper is concerned with the distribution of true- or false-positive and true- or false-negative mammographic diagnoses in the age groups of women under 40, 40 to 49 and over 49. The sensitivity of mammography in these age groups was 87.5, 72.4 and 89%, the specificity was 83.5, 76.4 and 83%, and the positive predictive values were 42, 38.2 and 69.5%, respectively.
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Tekkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged