False-positive results in screening: tomosynthesis not effective enough

Summary Dr. C.Bour, March 28, 2022 Tomosynthesis and annual screening: half of the women experience a false alarm https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790521?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=032522 A study conducted by UC Davis Health* found that half of all women screened annually with tomosynthesis** experience at least one false-positive mammogram over a decade of screening. Reminder: A false positive occurs when a mammogram …

Media coverage of screenings

Global Media Coverage of the Benefits and Harms of Early Detection Tests Mary O’Keeffe, PhD1; Alexandra Barratt, MD2; Alice Fabbri, MD3,4; Joshua R. Zadro, PhD1; Giovanni E. Ferreira, PhD1; Sweekriti Sharma, MPH1; Ray N. Moynihan, PhD5 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2778372 Synthesis by Cécile Bour, MD, April 22, 2021 This “researchers’ letter” is from Australian scientists including Prof. A. Barratt, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney and Dr. Ray Moynihan, Australian researcher at Bond University …

New French cancer plan 2021-2030, a “Soviet” plan

February 7, 2021Cécile Bour MD Emmanuel Macron has just launched on Thursday 4 February a decennial national strategy (for 2021-2030)  in fight against cancer, with a funding of €1.74 billion over 5 years, i.e. 20% more than for the three previous cancer plans. The aim is to reduce the number of so-called “avoidable ” new …

Digital mammography not more effective in reducing the most serious cancers, according to Australian meta-analysis

by Cécile Bour, MD, June 28, 2020 https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/doi/10.1093/jnci/djaa080/5859630 This is a meta-analysis of 24 studies of more than 16 million screening mammograms (10,968,843 film and 5,614,900 digital mammograms) by Australian researchers, which reported the following results : With digital mammography is observed : A statistically significant increase in recalls and false positives; bearing in mind …