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ArticleClinical imaging

Radiologists' interpretive skills in screening vs. diagnostic mammography: are they related?

Joann G Elmore, Andrea J Cook, Andy Bogart, Patricia A Carney, Berta M Geller, Stephen H Taplin, Diana S M Buist, Tracy Onega, Christoph I Lee, Diana L Miglioretti

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Article in Clinical imaging. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Joann G ElmoreDivision of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359780, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. Electronic address: jelmore@u.washington.edu.
Andrea J CookGroup Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
Andy BogartRAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, USA.
Patricia A CarneyDepartment of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code: FM, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Berta M GellerUniversity of Vermont, 1 South Prospect Street, UHC, Burlington, VT, 05401, USA.
Stephen H TaplinHealthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Diana S M BuistGroup Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
Tracy OnegaDartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, HB7937, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Christoph I LeeDepartment of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 825 Eastlake Avenue E, G3-200, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA; Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health, 1959 NE Pacific St., Box 357660, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Diana L MigliorettiGroup Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA; Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, One Shields Avenue, Med Sci 1C, Room 144, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Group Health Cooperative · USUniversity of Washington · USKaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USOregon Health & Science University · USRAND Corporation · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

Understanding Variability in Community MammographyR01CA107623 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ELMORE, JOANN G · 2004 to 2008
$3.7M
Improving Accuracy &Outcomes of Breast Cancer ScreeningK05CA104699 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ELMORE, JOANN G · 2004 to 2014
$1.2M
UNDERSTANDING VARIABILITY IN COMMUNITY MAMMOGRAPHYR01HS010591 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ELMORE, JOANN G · 2000 to 2002
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AHRQ HHS R01 HS010591NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201100031CNCI NIH HHS K05 CA104699NCI NIH HHS R01 CA107623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aims to determine whether radiologists who perform well in screening also perform well in interpreting diagnostic mammography. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe evaluated the accuracy of 468 radiologists interpreting 2,234,947 screening and 196,164 diagnostic mammograms. Adjusting for site, radiologist, and patient characteristics, we identified radiologists with performance in the highest tertile and compared to those with lower performance.

resultsA moderate correlation was noted for radiologists' accuracy when interpreting screening versus their accuracy on diagnostic examinations: sensitivity (r

conclusionDifferent educational approaches to screening and diagnostic imaging should be considered.

Indexed as

Clinical CompetenceMass ScreeningRadiologistsAdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMammographyMiddle AgedSensitivity and SpecificityDiagnostic mammographyInterpretive performanceScreening mammographySensitivitySpecificity

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PMID27438069
PMCPMC5159253
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