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Article History

Received: 3 May 2023

Revised: 22 September 2023

Accepted: 15 October 2023

First Online: 29 November 2023

Declarations

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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Gisella Gennaro.

: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Volpara software users.

: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.

: This retrospective longitudinal analysis of prospective cohorts aimed to evaluate the performance of six breast radiographers in breast positioning and compression during tomosynthesis screening. The study data were obtained from the RIBBS (Risk-Based Breast Screening) study, a prospective screening trial aiming to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of a personalized screening model for young women based on individual breast density and breast cancer risk. The RIBBS study received ethics committee approval, and all 10,269 recruited 45-year-old women signed an informed consent form, permitting the use of their data for any subsequent retrospective analysis. Given the comprehensive informed consent obtained for the RIBBS study, specific additional consent for the current analysis was not required and the study was considered exempt from further review by the Ethics Committee.

: As all data used in the current analysis were derived from the existing pool of information obtained through the RIBBS study, and no additional interventions or interactions with participants occurred, there was no need for additional ethical approval.

: There is no cohort overlap.

: • retrospective longitudinal analysis of prospective cohorts• observational• performed at one institution