Can missed breast cancer be recognized by regular peer auditing on screening mammography?

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 464-467

  Pan, Huay Ben ^a,b,c   Yang, Tsung Lung ^a,b   Hsu, Giu Cheng ^d   Chiang, Chia Ling ^a   Huang, Jer Shyung ^a,b   Chou, Chen Pin ^a,b   Wang, Yen Chi ^a,b   Liang, Huei Lung ^a,b   Lee, San Kan ^e   Chou, Yi Hong ^f   Wong, Kam Fai ^g  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; False negative; Peer auditing; Screening mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TAIWAN;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866416414     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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