Examine : Mammography: In Pursuit of Perfection

Laurie Margolies, MD, assistant professor of radiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and director of breast imaging at Mount Sinai Hospital, both in New York City, discusses some of the recently published studies that conclude that mammogram interpretation is dependent upon the training and skill level of the radiologist reading the image and their access to other modalities and technologies.

There’s no doubt that we’ve made great strides in detecting breast cancer with mammograms – early detection resulting from the increase in women receiving regular mammograms is believed to be largely responsible for the dramatic rise in breast cancer survival rates.

However, the importance of training and access to technology cannot be understated in order to achieve even higher ratings of screening accuracy. Both of these issues have recently been discussed in major medical journals.

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