A computer plus one expert are as effective at spotting breast cancer as the two experts usually used to read a mammogram in the UK, research suggests.
Computer-aided detection found 198 out of 227 cancers, compared with 199 from double-reading, in the Cancer Research UK study involving 28,000 women.
NHS breast screening could be made more efficient, say the scientists in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Some women are not offered screenings by the NHS as regularly as they should.
Women aged 50 to 70 should be offered screenings every three years, but in some areas a lack of experts means they do not get screening invitations regularly enough……read more here….
