How Accurate Is Your Mammogram Reading?

(NaturalNews) The National Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium recently published a disturbing in-depth study claiming that the ability of the radiologist who reads mammograms will greatly affect the accuracy of the result. "Obviously when a woman has a mammogram she wants to know if she has breast cancer" said study leader Diana Miglioretti, PhD an associate investigator, "especially if the woman has a breast concern". Ideally, the study claims there should be a uniformity which wouldn't depend entirely on the ability of the radiologist.

This in-depth research, covered by three universities, tested 123 radiologists and interpreted nearly 36,000 diagnostic mammograms. Different radiologists reported different results, ranging from 27 percent to 100 percent, with false positives up to 16 percent indicating there are obvious problems.

from article by Michael Cambray for Natural News.com