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Table 4 Number of screens needed (NSN) for one additional mammography-only detected cancer

From: The added value of mammography in different age-groups of women with and without BRCA mutation screened with breast MRI

 

Age group (years)

Number of breast cancers

Number of screens

Breast cancers detected by mammography only

NSN for mammography to detect breast cancer missed by MRI

Overall

< 40 years

26

1829

1

1829

 

40–50 years

32

2050

2

1025

 

50–60 years

45

1833

8

229

 

≥ 60 years

22

841

2

421

 BRCA

< 40 years

17

1113

0

N/A

 

40–50 years

14

737

0

N/A

 

50–60 years

26

568

3

189

 

≥ 60 years

4

190

0

N/A

 No BRCA

< 40 years

9

716

1

716

 

40–50 years

18

1313

2

657

 

50–60 years

19

1265

5

253

 

≥ 60 years

18

651

2

326

Follow up

< 40 years

17

1112

1

1112

 

40–50 years

20

1447

2

724

 

50–60 years

28

1342

8

168

 

≥ 60 years

11

626

2

313

 BRCA

< 40 years

12

725

0

N/A

 

40–50 years

9

554

0

N/A

 

50–60 years

18

433

3

144

 

≥ 60 years

0

152

0

N/A

 No BRCA

< 40 years

5

387

1

387

 

40–50 years

11

893

2

447

 

50–60 years

10

909

5

182

 

≥ 60 years

11

474

2

237

  1. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, N/A not applicable, the first round was not shown in the table as no mammography-only cancers were detected in the first round