Volume of mammograms read may influence accuracy of diagnosis
... year to meet the national standard. However, U.K. mammographers perform fewer biopsies than U.S. mammographers. To test their hypothesis that reader experience, not number of interventions performed, determines the quality of mammographic interpretations, Esserman and her coworkers asked 60 U.S. radiologists and...CAD proves to be viable option for second reading mammograms
...are very experienced. Because they are experienced mammographers they are less likely to miss cancers that are then picked up by CAD," said Dr. Slanetz. Previous studies have shown that double reading (having a second radiologist review the mammograms) picks up between 5% and 15% more cancers, she noted. The stu...