Measuring the burden of interval cancers in long-standing screening mammography programmes

Conclusion
The value of the PICR is hugely influenced by which method is applied, whereas the ICR is calculated purely on data available within programmes. We find that the PICR, the establishing indicator for sensitivity, could preferably be replaced by the ICR.

Source: Journal of Medical Screening - May 12, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Andersen, S. B., Tornberg, S., Kilpelainen, S., Lynge, E., Njor, S. H., Von Euler-Chelpin, M. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research