Screening Mammography: Does Ethnicity Influence Patient Preferences for Higher Recall Rates Given the Potential for Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer

Screening Mammography: Does Ethnicity Influence Patient Preferences for Higher Recall Rates Given the Potential for Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer?
Nazia F. Jafri, Rama S. Ayyala, Al Ozonoff, Jacqueline Jordan-Gray, and Priscilla J. Slanetz
Radiology 2008;249 785-791

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This study showed that ethnicity influences understanding of mammography, adherence to recall, and preference for early detection

Review of Interval Breast Cancers

A True Screening Environment for Review of Interval Breast Cancers: Pilot Study to Reduce Bias
Paula B. Gordon, Marilyn J. Borugian, and Linda J. Warren Burhenne
Radiology 2007;245 411-415

http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/245/2/411?etoc

Whenever the interpreting radiologist is aware of a higher-than-usual possibility of cancer, it can influence the interpretation such that the study is more likely to be interpreted as positive.