Point/Counterpoint. Film mammography for breast cancer screening in younger women is no longer appropriate because of the demonstrated superiority of digital mammography for this age group

Med Phys. 2006 Nov;33(11):3979-82. doi: 10.1118/1.2218313.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mammography / methods
  • Mammography / trends*
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / trends*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / trends*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Technology Assessment, Biomedical
  • X-Ray Film / trends*