Breast Tomosynthesis Increases Cancer Detection

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) leads to an increase in cancer detection in a large breast cancer screening program, reveal researchers. The results of this study were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Digital mammography is the gold standard for breast cancer screening, but may yield suspicious findings that turn out not to be cancer. These false-positive findings are associated with a higher recall ...