Supplemental Ultrasonography Screening for Women With Dense Breasts
Authors: Brian L. Sprague, Constance D. Lehman, Anna N.A. Tosteson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

Letters2 June 2015Supplemental Ultrasonography Screening for Women With Dense BreastsBrian L. Sprague, PhD, Constance D. Lehman, MD, PhD, and Anna N.A. Tosteson, ScDBrian L. Sprague, PhDFrom University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.Search for more papers by this author, Constance D. Lehman, MD, PhDFrom University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.Search for more papers by this author, and Anna N.A. Tosteson, ScDFrom University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L15-5061-4 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Drs. Berg and Gur state that we overestimated the sensitivity of mammography screening and underestimated the specificity of ultrasonography screening in our study. We used the definition of sensitivity published by the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (1), which declares that a result is false-negative when "there is a tissue diagnosis of cancer within one year of a negative examination." We used Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium data on the sensitivity of digital mammography among women with dense breasts who are not otherwise at high risk to inform our comparative effectiveness study of supplemental ...References1. Sickles EA, D'Orsi CJ, Bassett LW, Appleton CA, Berg WA, Burnside ES, et al. ACR BI-RADS Mammography. In: ACR BI-RADS Atlas, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. Reston, VA: American College of Radiology; 2013. Google Scholar2. Stout NK, Lee SJ, Schechter CB, Kerlikowske K, Alagoz O, Berry D, et al. Benefits, harms, and costs for breast cancer screening after US implementation of digital mammography. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2014;106:dju092. [PMID: 24872543] doi:10.1093/jnci/dju092 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Houssami N, Abraham LA, Miglioretti DL, Sickles EA, Kerlikowske K, Buist DS, et al. Accuracy and outcomes of screening mammography in women with a personal history of early-stage breast cancer. JAMA. 2011;305:790-9. 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[PMID: 25217577] doi:10.1093/jnci/dju255 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M14-0692. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoBenefits, Harms, and Cost-Effectiveness of Supplemental Ultrasonography Screening for Women With Dense Breasts Brian L. Sprague , Natasha K. Stout , Clyde Schechter , Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn , Mucahit Cevik , Oguzhan Alagoz , Christoph I. Lee , Jeroen J. van den Broek , Diana L. Miglioretti , Jeanne S. Mandelblatt , Harry J. de Koning , Karla Kerlikowske , Constance D. Lehman , and Anna N.A. 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