Scintimammography is a relatively new, non-invasive diagnostic modality in the evaluation of @entity0 . The purpose of the current study was to review the existing literature on the accuracy of scintimammography in the diagnosis of @entity0 . A search of all articles published between 1st January 1967 and 31st December 1999 was conducted. A total of 64 unique studies were selected. Each scientific paper was reviewed for scientific merit by an epidemiologist, a surgeon and a surgical resident. Assessment of scientific merit was based on a scoring scheme developed for the study. The articles included in this review reported data on a total of 5340 @entity1 assessed for @entity0 with scintimammography. The aggregated summary estimates on these @entity1 were sensitivity: 85.2% and specificity: 86.6%. For @entity1 with a palpable mass the sensitivity and specificity were 87.8 and 87.5%, respectively. For @entity1 without a palpable mass the sensitivity was 66.8% and that for specificity was 86.9%. The results of this review have shown that scintimammography may be used effectively as an adjunct to mammography and physical examination in the diagnosis of @entity0 .

XXXX diagnosis by scintimammography: a meta-analysis and review of the literature.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['Breast cancer']
