Screening mammography. A risk versus risk decision
Journal Article
·
· Invest. Radiol.; (United States)
The potential risk of a radiologic procedure often is compared with the potential benefit of the procedure. While risk vs. benefit analysis has been useful as a step toward increased communication and understanding among radiologists, referring physicians, and the general public, it has the disadvantage that risk and benefit are fundamentally different quantities. Hence, their juxtaposition for purposes of comparison presents contextual difficulties. In this article, the concept is presented of comparing the risk of doing a procedure with the risk of choosing not to do the procedure. An example of risk vs. risk analysis of screening mammography for women over the age of 50 is given, with the conclusion that the risk of having yearly mammograms is less than 1/10 the risk of early death caused by failure to diagnose breast cancer by x-ray mammography. This approach to risk analysis would yield interesting data for examinations that are part of more complicated diagnostic pathways.19 references.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6325970
- Journal Information:
- Invest. Radiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Invest. Radiol.; (United States) Vol. 24:1; ISSN INVRA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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