National Briefing: Science and Health - Mammography Analysis Studied

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February 19, 2003

National Briefing: Science and Health
 


MAMMOGRAPHY ANALYSIS STUDIED A new study casts doubt on the belief that doctors who read the most mammograms are the most proficient. Instead, the research found that the most recently trained radiologists did best in a test of cancer-detection accuracy. According to the study in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, other factors that may give a more reliable mammogram include using a center that requires two radiologists to read each X-ray, and that performs more sophisticated breast-imaging procedures as well as routine mammograms.    (AP)


 

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