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Breast Cancer Screening
Smaller cancers were diagnosed after arbitration of discordant double reading
December 29th, 2005
Smaller cancers were diagnosed after arbitration of screen-detected discordant double reading. Researchers in England conducted a study "to compare the mammographic background pattern, the mammographic and the pathological features of screen-detected cancers diagnosed following arbitration of discordant double reading opinions with screen-detected cancers diagnosed following concordant double reading." " Between April 2002 and December 2003, 249 patients were diagnosed with screen-detected malignancies following concordant double reading. In the same period 38 patients were diagnosed with screen-detected malignancies after their mammograms had...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-29)
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