Accuracy of screening methods for the diagnosis of breast disease.
Clinical examination, thermography, and 70-mm. mammography were performed in 891 patients-414 presented to hospital with symptoms of breast disease and 477 were asymptomatic. Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of these methods showed that neither thermography nor 70-mm. mammography has a useful place as an isolated screening procedure for breast cancer. In fact, we consider such a policy dangerous.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination; D013817:Thermography