| Autor: |
Kribi L; Service d'Imagerie médicale, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie., Sellami D, el Amri A, Mnif N, Ellouze T, Chebbi A, Ben Romdhane K, Hamza R |
| Jazyk: |
francouzština |
| Zdroj: |
La Tunisie medicale [Tunis Med] 2003 Jan; Vol. 81 (1), pp. 26-33. |
| Abstrakt: |
This article reports the results of a mammography screening program of breast cancer, realized in the department of Radiology, Charles Nicolle hospital. A free screening mammography with two incidences was offered to women aged from 40 to 70 years old. 2200 mammographies were realized from May 1995 till July 1997. Women having a positive test benefited of a diagnostic explorations in the same unity. The positive test rate was 24%. Predictive positive value was 31%. This program allowed to detect 10 subclinical cancers, corresponding to a rate of detection of 4.5 cancers for 1000 women. This program is a first experience which demonstrated the feasibility of the mammography screening to wide scale and allowed the medical and paramedical team to acquire an experience. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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