Skip to main content

Table 5 Assessment procedure

From: Introduction of organised mammography screening in tyrol: results of a one-year pilot phase

 

40-49

50-59

60-69

Total

Additional imaging

    

   Ultrasound

140 (100%)

106 (97.2%)

61 (92.4%)

307 (97.5%)

   MRI

24 (17.1%)

21 (19.3%)

21 (31.8%)

66 (21.0%)

Biopsy

63 (45.0%)

51 (46.8%)

37 (56.1%)

151 (47.9%)

   Core biopsy

51 (36.4%)

40 (36.7%)

30 (45.5%)

121 (38.4%)

   Fine needle biopsy

10 (7.1%)

10 (9.2%)

4 (6.1%)

24 (7.6%)

   Open biopsy

2 (1.4%)

1 (0.9%)

3 (4.5%)

6 (1.9%)

Biopsy rate per 1000 mammograms

8.8

9.0

7.7

8.6

PPV for core biopsy1)

35.3.4%

47.5%

80.0%

50.4%

PPV for open biopsy2)

   

66.7%

Total

140

109

66

315

  1. 1) For all fine needle biopsies the result was benign.
  2. 2) For six open biopsies two were benign and four malignant. Because of small numbers, PPV is shown only for the total.