Health & Medicinearticle2026-10-02

Causes of False-Negative Screening Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Examinations: A Multireader Study

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Abstract

In a contemporary breast cancer screening setting with digital breast tomosynthesis and multimodal supplemental screening, approximately half of false-negative cancers were missed, one-quarter were true interval, and one-quarter were mammographically occult cancers.

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Authors: Lars J. Grimm, Victoria Wells, Jay A. Baker, Sujata V. Ghate, Meghana Konanur, Connie Kim, Eun Lee Langman, Derek L. Nguyen, Sora C. Yoon, Marc D. Ryser

Institutions: Duke Medical Center