Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Fernández Prada M, Llanos-Méndez A, Isabel-Gómez R. Eficacia del diagnóstico asistido por ordenador aplicado al cribado de cáncer de mama. [Effectiveness of computer-aided diagnosis applied to breast cancer screening. Systematic review] Seville: Andalusian Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AETSA). AETSA 2013/4. 2013 Authors' objectives Knowing the efficiency in terms of validity and diagnostic accuracy of CAD as a support tool in screening for breast cancer compared to conventional reading. Authors' conclusions Systematic reviews of best quality (evidence level 1++) obtained a CAD diagnostic accuracy between 86% and 87% for sensitivity and 93% for specificity. Isolated CAD showed a sensitivity of 94% and 100%, and
specificity between 42% and 95%. Economic evaluation was uncertain. None studies looked at the effectiveness of the test in terms of accuracy. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Breast Neoplasms; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisteds; Early Detection of Cancer Language Published Spanish Country of organisation Spain English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias de Andalucía (AETSA) Av/ Innovación s/n, Edificio Arena 1.Planta Baja. CP 41020 Sevilla (España) Tel. +34 955 006 309 Fax + 34 955 006 327 Email: aetsa.csalud@juntadeandalucia.es AccessionNumber 32014001017 Date abstract record published 01/09/2014 |