Hovda, Tone
Brandal, Siri H. B.
Sebuødegård, Sofie
Holen, Åsne S.
Bjørndal, Hilde
Skaane, Per
Hofvind, Solveig http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-8939
Article History
Received: 21 January 2019
Revised: 10 April 2019
Accepted: 2 May 2019
First Online: 11 June 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Solveig Hofvind.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article. SH is the Head of BreastScreen Norway, but has permanent employment as a researcher at the Cancer Registry of Norway, independent of her job as administrative leader of BreastScreen Norway.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.The Cancer Registry Regulation gives approval with waiver of informed consent to perform surveillance, quality assurance, and studies based on data collected as a part of invitation to and participation in the program.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. Data was collected from BreastScreen Norway and thus covered by the Cancer Registry Regulation. Data from the Oslo Tomosynthesis Study Trial, as a part of BreastScreen Norway, was also approved by the regional ethical committee and data from the Oslo-Vestre-Viken-Vestfold study was approved by the institutional Data Protection Officer.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been included in previously published papers—the Oslo Tomosynthesis Trial and the Oslo-Vestfold-VestreViken study.Skaane P, Bandos AI, Gullien R et al (2013) Comparison of digital mammography alone and digital mammography plus tomosynthesis in a population-based screening program. Radiology 267:47–56.Hofvind S, Hovda T, Holen ÅS et al (2018) Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Synthetic 2D Mammography versus Digital Mammography: Evaluation in a Population-based Screening Program. Radiology. ExternalRef removed
: • Retrospective• Observational• Performed at one institution