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Mammography

is not perfect

Ask the patient:

• Uncertain results

  • Miss malignancy
  • Unnecessary biopsies – Scars

• Uncomfortable and painful

• Cumulative Radiation Exposure

  • Patient and Technician

Ask the Physician:

• Interpretation difficult

  • Second reader
  • CAD systems

• Not attracting young physicians

• Seeing disease in younger women (<40)

• Can’t re-scan

Ask the Dept Manager:

• Expensive to purchase

• Expensive to site

(space & alterations)

• Hard to break even

• Not trusted by the public

• Expensive malpractice insurance

• Expensive procedure

• Results are not perfect

• Litigious procedure

Ask the Lawyer:

Ask the Insurance Co:

• Love the Procedure!

• Top procedure for malpractice

• Highest paid-out claims

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