Malpractice claims following screening mammography in The Netherlands
Although malpractice lawsuits are frequently related to a delayed breast cancer diagnosis in symptomatic patients, information on claims at European screening mammography programs is lacking. We determined the type and frequency of malpractice claims at a Dutch breast cancer screening region. We included all 85,274 women (351,009 screens) who underwent biennial screening mammography at a southern breast screening region in The Netherlands between 1997 and 2009. Two screening radiologists reviewed the screening mammograms of all screen detected cancers and interval cancers and determined whethe... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Smallenburg , V V B , Setz-Pels , W , Groenewoud , J H , Voogd , A C , Jansen , F H , Louwman , M W J , Tielbeek , A V & Duijm , L E M 2012 , ' Malpractice claims following screening mammography in The Netherlands ' , International Journal of Cancer , vol. 131 , no. 6 , pp. 1360-1366 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27398 |
Schlagwörter: | screening / mammography / breast cancer / malpractice / claims |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27207009 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/ea1a166d-6564-4617-954c-b22db946d381 |