Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of thermal tomography in breast cancer (BC) screening. MethodsWe conducted a general population-based BC screening in three regions of Hubei Province (Xiantao, Hongan, and Yangxin Districts). Participants underwent a questionnaire-based interview for baseline d...
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| author | Kankan ZHAO Bo CHEN Wenliang LU Yao CHENG Hongmei ZHENG Xinhong WU Shengrong SUN Ziming HUANG |
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| description | ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of thermal tomography in breast cancer (BC) screening. MethodsWe conducted a general population-based BC screening in three regions of Hubei Province (Xiantao, Hongan, and Yangxin Districts). Participants underwent a questionnaire-based interview for baseline data collection. They then received a physical examination, thermal tomography, and ultrasound from doctors and technicians. We compared the efficacies, including sensitivity, specificity, and false-positive rates, of ultrasound and thermal tomography in BC screening. ResultsA total of 59 712 eligible women were included in this screening program. The BI-RADS 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 accordance rates between the two screening methods were 0.9549, 0.8047, 0.9037, 0.3352, and 0, respectively. The overall accordance rate was 0.933 1. The kappa consistency results showed that the Cicchetti-Allison and Fleiss-Cohen kappa values were 0.7970 and 0.8583, respectively. Although the two methods had equal sensitivities, specificity was higher in thermal tomography than in ultrasound. The false-positive rate was lower in thermal tomography than in ultrasound. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of thermal tomography was significantly larger than that of ultrasound. ConclusionThe general consistency between thermal tomography and ultrasound in BC screening was high. Thermal tomography outperformed ultrasound in terms of specificity and diagnostic efficiency. Therefore, thermal tomography has a high application value for general population-based BC screening. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-34f9537b5485486c83e33164a80c19f62025-08-20T03:21:34ZzhoMagazine House of Cancer Research on Prevention and TreatmentZhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu1000-85782025-05-0152538839210.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2025.24.121320241213Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer ScreeningKankan ZHAO0Bo CHEN1Wenliang LU2Yao CHENG3Hongmei ZHENG4Xinhong WU5Shengrong SUN6Ziming HUANG7Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, ChinaDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, ChinaDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, ChinaDepartment of Breast Surgery, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, ChinaDepartment of Breast Surgery, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, ChinaDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, ChinaDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, ChinaObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of thermal tomography in breast cancer (BC) screening. MethodsWe conducted a general population-based BC screening in three regions of Hubei Province (Xiantao, Hongan, and Yangxin Districts). Participants underwent a questionnaire-based interview for baseline data collection. They then received a physical examination, thermal tomography, and ultrasound from doctors and technicians. We compared the efficacies, including sensitivity, specificity, and false-positive rates, of ultrasound and thermal tomography in BC screening. ResultsA total of 59 712 eligible women were included in this screening program. The BI-RADS 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 accordance rates between the two screening methods were 0.9549, 0.8047, 0.9037, 0.3352, and 0, respectively. The overall accordance rate was 0.933 1. The kappa consistency results showed that the Cicchetti-Allison and Fleiss-Cohen kappa values were 0.7970 and 0.8583, respectively. Although the two methods had equal sensitivities, specificity was higher in thermal tomography than in ultrasound. The false-positive rate was lower in thermal tomography than in ultrasound. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of thermal tomography was significantly larger than that of ultrasound. ConclusionThe general consistency between thermal tomography and ultrasound in BC screening was high. Thermal tomography outperformed ultrasound in terms of specificity and diagnostic efficiency. Therefore, thermal tomography has a high application value for general population-based BC screening.http://www.zlfzyj.com/cn/article/doi/10.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2025.24.1213thermal tomographybreast cancerscreeningultrasound |
| spellingShingle | Kankan ZHAO Bo CHEN Wenliang LU Yao CHENG Hongmei ZHENG Xinhong WU Shengrong SUN Ziming HUANG Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu thermal tomography breast cancer screening ultrasound |
| title | Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening |
| title_full | Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening |
| title_fullStr | Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening |
| title_full_unstemmed | Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening |
| title_short | Application of Thermal Tomography in Breast Cancer Screening |
| title_sort | application of thermal tomography in breast cancer screening |
| topic | thermal tomography breast cancer screening ultrasound |
| url | http://www.zlfzyj.com/cn/article/doi/10.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2025.24.1213 |
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