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Published on: October 16, 2010
Relative carcinogenic effects of different mammography techniques
Abstract:
Comparisons of different mammography techniques can be significantly altered by assumptions about the relevant measures for carcinogenic effects in mammography at low doses. Using a combination of recent data available from the literature, a study as been made of the significance of various assumptions concerning both the appropriate measures for carcinogenesis in mammography and the shape of the dose-effects relationship. It is found that for techniques typical of current reduced-dose mammography systems, the comparison of the relative carcinogenic effects of the techniques is significantly affected by both the measures that are used and the shape of th dose-effects relationship.
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