Breast Cancer Screening
Research on breast cancer screening published by scientists at Duke University
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 2nd, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Recent research has provided evidence that in reading rooms equipped with liquid crystal displays (LCDs), a measured increase of ambient lighting may improve clinicians' detection performance. In agreement with this research, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has recommended moderate increase of ambient lighting in mammography reading rooms."
"This Study was designed to examine the effect of a controlled increase of ambient lighting in mammography reading rooms on the diagnostic performance of breast imaging radiologists. Four breast imaging radiologists read 86 mammograms (43 containing subtle cancerous masses...
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