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Breast Cancer
Radiologists tended to overestimate women's risk in study
July 21st, 2005
Recent research has shown that women tend to overestimate their risk of developing breast cancer. Now another study has found that radiologists do, too. J.R. Egger, at the University of Washington, and colleagues set out "to understand mammographers' perception of individual women's breast cancer risk." "Radiologists interpreting screening mammography examinations completed a mailed survey consisting of questions pertaining to demographic and clinical practice characteristics, as well as two vignettes describing different risk profiles of women. Respondents were asked to estimate the probability of a breast cancer diagnosis in the next 5 years for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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