Volume counts in accuracy of mammogram interpretation.(Brief Article)

2002 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accurate diagnoses are directly related to the number of mammograms interpreted by a physician, according to a University of California San Francisco (UCSF) study published in the March 6, 2002, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The study was done to understand factors that affect quality in mammography. The participants were each given a set of 60 mammograms to interpret. From the U.S., 60 radiologists were divided into three groups: low-volume radiologists who read 100 or fewer mammograms per month, medium-volume radiologists who read 101-300 mammograms per month, and high-volume radiologists who read more than 300 mammograms per month. …