Use of Bayesian Modeling to Estimate the Sensitivity of Stereotactic Directional Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy When the Gold Standard is Incomplete

The mean sensitivity of ST DVAB using the Bayesian (type II) approach was lower than that using the type I approach, because we regarded the surgery as the only gold standard in Bayesian modeling and the nonoperated lesions were thought to be with unknown true disease status. The Bayesian approach is thus more appropriate to use than the type I approach when the gold standard is incomplete.