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Revista de Salud Pública

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VENTURA-ALFARO, Carmelita E.. Measurements errors in screening mammogram interpretation by radiologists. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.4, pp.518-522. ISSN 0124-0064.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v20n4.52035.

The timely detection of breast cancer is achieved through mammography; however, the quality of the procedure should be addressed for proper performance and interpretation. Despite recent improvements in quality assurance in mammography, interpretation still depends on each reader; therefore, errors can be made when interpreting screening mammograms, leading to unnecessary biopsies and/or overdiagnosis, with sustained physical, economic and psychological consequences. Since interpretation is related to the perceptive and cognitive ability of the radiologist, it is necessary to have extensive knowledge about the possible errors that may occur during interpretation, as well as of the way how they can be reduced, prevented and/or corrected to provide the patient with the highest possible level of safety.

Palabras clave : Breast neoplasms; diagnosis; mammography; diagnostic errors; Mexico (source: MeSH, NLM).

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