Referral policy and positive predictive value of call for surgical biopsy in the florence breast cancer screening program

The authors evaluate the referral rates and the predictive value (PV) of call for diagnostic work up or biopsy in a population based breast cancer screening program in the 1979–1986 period. The presence of mammographic abnormalities either benign or suspicious proved to be the only reliable referral...

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