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Importantly the estimated TPR for mammography is not likely to be affected by overdiagnosis, which means that some screening-detected cancers would never have caused medical problems during the patient's life [ 11 ] . This would make the biomarker appear more promising than actually the case.
Both cranio-caudal views of the mammogram were obtained from the mammography clinics after the radiologic evaluation had been completed and any malignancy ruled out.
A second reason for using FPR and TPR from mammography is that, based on various randomized trials with cancer mortality endpoint, mammography is generally considered an acceptable screening modality.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer (excluding non-malignant skin melanomas) and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the US [ 1 ] . During the 1990s, the observed incidence of female breast cancers increased, and was accompanied by a significant decrease in breast cancer mortality [ 2 ] . Both trends may be due, in part, to the increased utilization of mammography [ 3 ] . From 1989 to 1997, the percentage of women aged = 40 years who reported "ever had a mammogram" increased from 63.
For a particular biomarker, these target values of FPR and TPR from mammography may need modification depending on various factors.
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