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A model that calculates the probability of cancer may help to rule out a lung cancer diagnosis following screening preventions – which would substantially reduce false positives. A model that ...

Breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or "3D mammography," was associated with a lower probability of false-positive findings compared with standard digital mammography, ...

Women who received a false positive after a mammogram screening are more likely to either delay or skip subsequent mammograms, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, ...

High rates of false positive test results may be keeping women from sticking to recommended mammogram screenings for breast cancer, a new study has found. Researchers from UC Davis Comprehensive ...

After undergoing 10 years of annual mammography screening, more than half of women will receive at least one false-positive recall and 7% to 9% will receive a false-positive biopsy recommendation, ...

Women who received false-positive mammography results were less likely to return for screening, especially if they received recommendations for short-interval follow-up or biopsy, according to a study ...

Clinicians should continue to counsel patients that false-positive results are an expected outcome of screening mammography. Age and breast density should be factored in when deciding the frequency of ...