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Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Shorter diagnostic times seen for women who have clinical and mammographic abnormalities
November 10th, 2005
Shorter diagnostic times are seen for women who have both clinical and mammographic abnormalities. According to a study from Canada, "The effect of severity of screening result on delays to diagnosis has primarily been examined for mammographic abnormalities." A. M. Chiarelli and colleagues "examined delays to assessment and diagnosis for women with an abnormal mammogram compared to women with an abnormal clinical breast examination (CBE) or abnormal CBE and mammogram." "Using data routinely collected by Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP), 12,675 women aged 50 to 69 with an abnormal screening result between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2000...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-10)
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