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Computer-Aided Breast Screens Lacking
More Mammography False Positives Seen
By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Medical NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDApril 4, 2007 -- Radiologists are increasingly relying on computers to help them read screening mammograms, but the practice has not improved the detection of invasive breast cancer, a new study shows.
Researchers concluded that computer-aided detection (CAD) is far from enhancing breast cancer detection and has led to increases in what they termed “potential harms,” including false positives and unnecessary biopsies.
The study was the most comprehensive analysis of computer-aided detection ever conducted, including more than 429,000 mammograms read at 43 screening centers located in New Hampshire, Colorado, and the state of Washington.
“We found that, among large numbers of diverse facilities and radiologists, the use of computer software designed to improve the interpretation of mammograms was associated with significantly higher false positive rates, recall rates, and biopsy rates and with significantly lower overall accuracy in screening mammography,” researcher Joshua Fenton, MD, MPH, and colleagues write in the April 5 New England Journal of Medicine.
CAD’s Promise
The promise behind computer-aided detection was that the computer programs would help radiologists find cancers.
The computer programs read digitized versions of screening mammograms and identify areas of concern for review by the radiologist.
One study showed that within three years of approval by the FDA in 1998, roughly 10% of the mammography facilities in the United States were using CAD.
In an effort to better understand the benefits and risks associated with CAD, Fenton and colleagues assessed mammography data for 222,135 women screened between 1998 and 2002, including 2,351 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer within one year after screening.
Seven of the 43 screening facilities included in the study began using CAD during the study period, and outcomes from these centers after they implemented CAD were compared with outcomes prior to its use.
The researchers concluded that CAD did not result in significant improvements in cancer detection rates, but it did increase the number of false-positive mammograms, resulting in significantly more patient callbacks and biopsies.
More Experience Needed
Robert Smith, PhD, who is director of screening for the American Cancer Society, tells WebMD that while there are problems with CAD, “we don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
He points out that the radiologists at the CAD facilities in the study tended to have less experience reading mammograms than those at the centers where CAD was not used, and this could have influenced the findings.
“What this tells us is that the average radiologist reading mammograms needs better training and they need more frequent feedback on what they are finding,” he says. “Radiologists have very little opportunity to find out if they have missed a diagnosis or have excessive callbacks that aren’t productive.”
Smith says though CAD is a potentially valuable tool, the new research makes clear that that potential is not being fulfilled in current clinical practice.
“A woman who is offered computer-assisted detection would be correct in being somewhat skeptical that it would improve the likelihood of an invasive cancer being diagnosed,” he says.
SOURCES: Fenton, J.J. New England Journal of Medicine, April 5, 2007; vol 356: pp 1399-1409. Joshua J. Fenton, MD, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, Calif. Robert Smith, PhD, director of cancer screening, American Cancer Society. http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20070404/computer-aided-breast-screens-lacking
Computer-Aided Breast Screens Lacking
标题：计算机辅助乳腺扫描的不足
More Mammography False Positives Seen
观察到更多乳腺X线摄片术假阳性
作者：Salynn Boyles 来源： WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MDApril 4, 2007 -- Radiologists are increasingly relying on computers to help them read screening mammograms, but the practice has not improved the detection of invasive breast cancer, a new study shows.
Louise Chang, M.D.2007年4月4日回顾分析了一项新研究显示：放射专家正越来越信赖计算机帮助他们解读乳腺X线摄片扫描术，但是实事是这并未提高检测侵入性乳腺癌。
Researchers concluded that computer-aided detection (CAD) is far from enhancing breast cancer detection and has led to increases in what they termed “potential harms,” including false positives and unnecessary biopsies.
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