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North American mammographers prone to more false positives, study finds

pulation of women screened, differences in the screening procedure, and differences in how countries define an abnormal mammogram. Malpractice concerns and financial incentives may also be contributing to the variation in mammography interpretations, they say.

"Currently, it is not possible to determine which features may be most responsible for the variability," the authors write, adding that "a better understanding of the sources of variability in mammography may lead to more effective screening programs that have a lower percentage of mammograms judged as abnormal without substantially lowering the cancer detection rate."
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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