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The value of tomosynthesis in mammographically detected questionable breast lesions / Yasmine Ahmed Elsayed Sawy ; Supervised Dorria Saleh Salem , Yasmin Mounir Tohamey

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Yasmine Ahmed Elsayed Sawy , 2015Description: 187 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cmOther title:
  • قيمة الاشعة الرقمية بنائية المقاطع فى تحديد طبيعة افات الثدى المكتشفة بالاشعة الرقمية للثدى [Added title page title]
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis Summary: Women with dense breast are doubly disadvantaged as they are both at higher risk of developing breast cancer and at greater risk that cancer will not be detected; that{u2019}s why suspicious breast lesions should be meticulously detected and managed . FFDM is accused of having a low sensitivity because the overlapping breast tissue may hide an abnormality and this increases the number of false negative results. On the other hand it is accused of having a low specificity because the overlapping tissues may give the impression of a false abnormality large number of false positive results. The results of our study showed that breast Tomosynthesis has a significant higher specificity and sensitivity higher in questionable breast lesions compared to Mammography. Thus, Breast Tomosynthesis showed higher diagnostic indices than Mammography
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Thesis Thesis قاعة الرسائل الجامعية - الدور الاول المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.11.31.M.Sc.2015.Ya.V (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 01010110069332000
CD - Rom CD - Rom مخـــزن الرســائل الجـــامعية - البدروم المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.11.31.M.Sc.2015.Ya.V (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 69332.CD Not for loan 01020110069332000

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis

Women with dense breast are doubly disadvantaged as they are both at higher risk of developing breast cancer and at greater risk that cancer will not be detected; that{u2019}s why suspicious breast lesions should be meticulously detected and managed . FFDM is accused of having a low sensitivity because the overlapping breast tissue may hide an abnormality and this increases the number of false negative results. On the other hand it is accused of having a low specificity because the overlapping tissues may give the impression of a false abnormality large number of false positive results. The results of our study showed that breast Tomosynthesis has a significant higher specificity and sensitivity higher in questionable breast lesions compared to Mammography. Thus, Breast Tomosynthesis showed higher diagnostic indices than Mammography

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