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Clinical examination, thermography, and 70-mm. mammography were performed in 891 patients-414 presented to hospital with symptoms of breast disease and 477 were asymptomatic. Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of these methods showed that neither thermography nor 70-mm. mammography has a useful place as an isolated screening procedure for breast cancer. In fact, we consider such a policy dangerous.
对891例患者进行了临床检查、热成像检查和70毫米乳腺X线摄影检查,其中414例因乳腺疾病症状入院,477例无症状。对这些检查方法的诊断准确性进行比较后发现,热成像检查和70毫米乳腺X线摄影检查作为单独的乳腺癌筛查方法均无实用价值。事实上,我们认为这种策略是危险的。