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Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology offers the promise of detecting breast cancer earlier. And that's exactly what it can do, according to Dr. Rachel Brem of George Washington University (GWU) Medical Center in Washington, DC.
In a retrospective evaluation of breast cancers missed by screening mammography, CAD would have correctly marked 72% of breast cancers, according to Brem. She presented the research findings at the 2005 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
In other findings, CAD detected 100% of missed microcalcifications larger than 10 mm, and also performed well with small lesions. CAD yielded sensitivities of 79% for missed microcalcifications and 57% of missed masses with a size of 5 mm or less.
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