Table 4 The BI-RADS categories by mammography, tomo, US and combined protocols among the studied cases
Variable | DM | Tomo | US | DM + tomo | DM + tomo + US | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
BIRADS: | ||||||||||
1 | 9* | 11.2* | 22 | 27.5 | 28 | 35 | 22 | 27.5 | 28 | 35 |
2 | 15 | 18.8 | 18 | 22.5 | 15 | 18.8 | 19 | 23.8 | ||
3 | 38 | 47.5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 22.5 | 7 | 8.7 |
4 | 31 | 38.8 | 19 | 23.8 | 17 | 21.3 | 21 | 26.2 | 17 | 21.3 |
5 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11.3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11.2 |
Final: | ||||||||||
Benign (BIRADS 1, 2 and 3) | 47 | 58.8 | 57 | 71.3 | 54 | 67.5 | 55 | 68.8 | 54 | 67.5 |
Malignant (BIRADS 4 and 5) | 33 | 41.2 | 23 | 28.7 | 26 | 32.5 | 25 | 31.2 | 26 | 32.5 |