Screening for Breast Cancer With Digital Breast Tomosynthesis [Internet]

Review
Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2016 Jan. Report No.: 14-05201-EF-2.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses, formerly Systematic Evidence Reviews.

Excerpt

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has rapidly been adopted by many providers of mammography screening in the United States. This report summarizes the evidence published through October 2015 regarding the diagnostic test characteristics of tomosynthesis in screening populations.

Publication types

  • Review

Grants and funding

Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contract No. HHSA-290-2012-00015-I, Task Order No. 5. Prepared by: Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Kaiser Permanente Research Affiliates Evidence-based Practice Center