Sensitivity and specificity of screening mammography without clinical breast examination among Japanese women aged 40-49 years: analysis of data from the J-START results.
Takayoshi UematsuPublished in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2022)
The sensitivity of mammography alone of 47.4% is too low. The low sensitivity of screening mammography for true asymptomatic Japanese women aged 40-49 years places this population at an elevated risk, which can justify performing adjunctive ultrasonography.