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Consensus opinion for mammography recalls reduces technicians' stress.
2004 SEP 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Technicians in England who read mammograms like a now-established process by which recalled films undergo a consensus of opinion.
According to N.J. Matcham and colleagues, Bristol Royal Infirmary and General Hospital, Avon, "The quality of a breast-screening program is measured not only by its cancer detection rates (sensitivity), but also by its recall rates and positive predictive values (specificity). False-positive screens, which lead to assessments with benign outcomes, can cause psychological and physical morbidity in previously well women.
"In 1999 the Wiltshire breast-screening program adopted a novel recall strategy whereby all films marked for recall are subject to consensus opinion - even women 'recalled' by both original readers may be returned to routine screening," Matcham and associates explained.
They reported that since 1999, recall rates for mammograms "have fallen from above to below the [U.K.] national averages (prevalent 7.2% and incident 3.0% in 2001/02). Specificity has increased over the same period ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Consensus opinion for mammography recalls reduces technicians' stress.