van der Waal, Daniƫlle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5850-8814
Abbey, Craig K.
Tetteroo, Eric
Geertse, Tanya D.
Smid-Geirnaerdt, Maartje J. A.
Sechopoulos, Ioannis
Broeders, Mireille J. M.
Article History
Received: 22 October 2025
Revised: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 24 January 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Daniƫlle van der Waal, PhD.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: I.S. reports receiving grants or contracts from Siemens Healthcare, Canon Medical Systems, ScreenPoint Medical, Volpara Solutions, Sectra Benelux, Lunit, and iCAD, lecture fees from Siemens Healthcare and Canon Medical Systems, and meeting support from Siemens Healthcare and Canon Medical Systems. I.S. also serves on a Scientific Advisory Board for Koning, holds stock options in Koning, and is a member of the Radiology editorial board. M.J.M.B. reports receiving grants or contracts from ScreenPoint Medical, Sectra Benelux, Hologic, Volpara Solutions, Lunit, and iCAD, speaker fees from Hologic and Siemens Healthcare, and travel support from Hologic and Siemens Healthcare. All other authors have nothing to disclose.
: One of the authors, Craig Abbey, PhD, has significant statistical expertise.
: In the Dutch Breast Cancer Screening Program, screening participants automatically consent to the use of their data for research purposes, unless they opt out.
: Ethical approval was waived by the local ethics committee of the Radboud University Medical Center (CMO Radboudumc; file number: 2018-4991, confirmation received on February 13, 2019).
: The design of this cohort study was previously published in European Radiology (see reference [ ]). The number of initial inclusions is mentioned there, but no further results are presented. Apart from that, the study subjects have not been previously reported.
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