Resumen de Breast Cancer Screening Using Tomosynthesis in Combination With Digital Mammography

Sarah Friedewald, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, Stephen L. Rose

• Importance Mammography plays a key role in early breast cancer detection. Single-institution studies have shown that adding tomosynthesis to mammography increases cancer detection and reduces false-positive results.

  Objective To determine if mammography combined with tomosynthesis is associated with better performance of breast screening programs in the United States.