The Wall Street Journal
High-tech is not necessarily better.
That point was reinforced by a study published yesterday by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. It found that computer-aided detection technology, intended to help radiologists interpret mammograms, is associated with more false-positive findings but doesn’t help detect more cancers.
This study covers 1.6 million mammograms done at 90 facilities — 25
of which adopted CAD, as the software is called — between 1998 and 2006.
It follows up on a smaller, previously published study that also found CAD was flawed... Read More
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