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Breast Cancer
New findings reported from E.J.A. Bowles and co-authors describe advances in breast cancer
June 12th, 2008
"The purpose of our study was to examine the accuracy of short-interval follow-up mammograms and evaluate patient and radiologist characteristics associated with accuracy. We evaluated 45,007 initial short-interval follow- up mammograms from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium interpreted 3-9 months after a probably benign assessment on a screening or diagnostic examination between 1994 and 2004," scientists writing in the American Journal of Roentgenology report. "We linked these mammograms with patient characteristics and breast cancer diagnoses within 12 months. A subset of short-interval follow- up examinations (n = 13,907) was merged with radiologist...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-12)
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