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Health professionals’ agreement on density judgements and successful abnormality identification within the UK Breast Screening Programme
conference contribution
posted on 2011-03-29, 15:10 authored by Iain T. Darker, Yan Chen, Alastair GaleHigher breast density is associated with a greater chance of developing breast cancer. Additionally, it is well known that
higher mammographic breast density is associated with increased difficulty in accurately identifying breast cancer.
However, comparatively little is known of the reliability of breast density judgements. All UK breast screeners
(primarily radiologists and technologists) annually participate in the PERFORMS self-assessment scheme where they
make several judgements about series of challenging recent screening cases of known outcomes. As part of this process,
for each case, they provide a radiological assessment of the likelihood of cancer on a confidence scale, alongside an
assessment of case density using a three point scale. Analysis of the data from two years of the scheme found that the
degree of agreement on case density was significantly greater than no agreement (p < .001). However, only a moderate
degree of inter-rater reliability was exhibited (κ = .44) with significant differences between the occupational groups. The
reasons for differences between the occupational groups and the relationship between agreement on density rating and
case reading ability are explored.
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DARKER, I.T., CHEN, Y. and GALE, A.G., 2011. Health professionals’ agreement on density judgements and successful abnormality identification within the UK Breast Screening Programme. IN: Manning, D.J. and Abbey, C.K. (eds.). Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7996, Medical Imaging 2011: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Buena Vista, United States, 12th-17th February, pp. 796604-1 - 796604-10.Publisher
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