Table 3

Screening decision by prompt type and largest prompt size

Prompt type
Prompt sizea
Screening decision





Recall
No recall

Normalb cases



     Calcifications only
Small
2 (3)
70 (97)

Large
5 (45)
6 (55)
     Massc
Small
14 (5)
261 (95)

Large
19 (10)
178 (90)
     Total

40 (7)
515 (93)
Cancerb cases



     Calcifications only
Small
11 (79)
3 (21)

Large
13 (68)
6 (31)
     Massc
Small
17 (71)
7 (29)

Large
49 (94)
3 (6)
     Size or type missing

7
3

Data presented as n (%). aPrompt size in pixels. For calcifications: small, <14 pixels; large, ≥ 14 pixels. For masses: small, <18 pixels; large, ≥ 18 pixels. bNormal cases with any prompts anywhere on mammograms and cancer cases with any prompts in the region of interest. cIf prompting indicated both mass and calcification, the case was included as a mass.

Gilbert et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R72   doi:10.1186/bcr2137

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