Radiographers supporting radiologists in the interpretation of screening mammography: a viable strategy to meet the shortage in the number of radiologists

Table 4 Radiographers' sensitivity by lesion type and difficulty after 6 months of training, Mexico 2012

Performance post-training	Median	Interquartile range
Performance post-training	% Sensitivity^a	Interquartile range
Breast cancer lesions types
Mass	100.0	66.7–100.0
Calcification	83.3	66.7–100.0
Asymmetry	25.0	25.0–50.0
Architectural distortion	100.0	50.0–100.0
Difficulty of cancer lesion identified by radiographers
Obvious	100.0	66.7–100.0
Intermediate	71.4	57.1–85.7
Subtle	60.0	40.0–80.0

^aPercentage of histologically confirmed breast cancer lesions that were recalled by radiographers, by type of lesion (mass = 3, calcifications = 6, asymmetry = 4, architectural distortion = 2) and difficulty (obvious = 3, intermediate = 7, subtle = 5)

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