Additional double reading of screening mammograms by radiologic technologists: Impact on screening performance parameters

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1162-1170

  Duijm, Lucien E M ^a   Groenewoud, Johanna H ^b   Fracheboud, Jacques ^c   de Koning, Harry J ^c  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MCNEMAR TEST; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 34547773179     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djm050     Document Type: Article

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