Iotti, Valentina
Frigerio, Alfonso
Mancuso, Pamela https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1609-2440
Ambrogetti, Daniela
Falcini, Fabio
Ginocchi, Vladimiro
Graewingholt, Axel
Lang, Kristina
Marra, Vincenzo
Pescarolo, Manuela
Romanucci, Giovanna
Rossati, Claudia
Rossini, Gabriele
Sardanelli, Francesco
Vacondio, Rita
Campari, Cinzia
Falini, Patrizia
Fornasa, Francesca
Mantellini, Paola https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-4011
Montemezzi, Stefania
Nitrosi, Andrea
Pattacini, Pierpaolo
Peruzzi, Francesca
Ponti, Antonio
Armaroli, Paola
Giorgi Rossi, Paolo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9703-2460
,
Coriani, Chiara
Stefanelli, Gloria
Tondelli, Giulio
Beretti, Filippo
Caffarri, Sabrina
Marchesi, Vanessa
Canovi, Laura
Colli, Marco
Boschini, Mirco
Bertolini, Marco
Ragazzi, Moira
Ravaioli, Sara
Caroli, Stefania
Braglia, Luca
Djuric, Olivera
Venturelli, Francesco
Vicentini, Massimo
Braghiroli, Maria Barbara
Davoli, Elena
Lucchi, Ilaria
Martello, Gessica
Iossa, Anna
Carnesciali, Eva
Mazzalupo, Vincenzo
Puliti, Donella
Zappa, Marco
Battisti, Francesca
Auzzi, Noemi
Verdi, Simona
Degl’Innocenti, Carolina
Tramalloni, Daniela
Cavazza, Elena
Busoni, Simone
Betti, Elisa
Regini, Francesco
Di Leo, Giovanni
Carbonaro, Luca Alessandro
Magni, Veronica
Cozzi, Andrea
Spinelli, Diana
Monaco, Cristian Giuseppe
Schiaffino, Simone
Benedek, Adrienn
Menicagli, Laura
Ferraris, Raffaella
Favettini, Elisabetta
Dettori, Davide
Falco, Paolo
Presti, Pietro
Segnan, Nereo
Correale, Loredana
Giordano, Livia
Milanesio, Luisella
Artuso, Franca
Di Leo, Aurora
Castellano, Isabella
Riggi, Emilia
Casella, Denise
Pitarella, Sabina
Vergini, Viviana
Amadori, Michele
Duffy, Stephen W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RF- 2016-02363686)
Article History
Received: 28 May 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2026
First Online: 4 August 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with GE Healthcare (Buc, France), which supported the study by providing part of the breast tomosynthesis equipment. PP, VI, and AN have received speakers’ fees and travel grants from GE Healthcare. FS received speakers’ fees from GE, Bayer, and Bracco; he also participated in an ad hoc advisory board for Bayer and received research grants from GE and Bracco. GE Healthcare had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, or writing of the report. VI has received speakers’ fees from Bayer. All remaining authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
Ethics approval: The MAITA project has been approved by the Area Vasta Emilia Nord Ethic Committee (13/04/2018 n◦ 2018/0042332) and then by the Ethics Committees of all the participating centres. All women participating in the trials gave informed consent to use their images for scopes relevant to the trial aims.