Mammography reporting at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Date
2014-07
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Publisher
Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
In their recent article, Apffelstaedt et al.[1] analysed
16 105 mammograms performed at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH), Cape Town, South Africa (SA), between 2003 and 2012. The summary reported that ‘mammograms were read by experienced breast surgeons’, while the discussion stated: ‘A further noteworthy fact is that this TBH series was based exclusively on mammography
interpretation by surgeons with a special interest in breast health.’ The suggestion that mammograms were exclusively interpreted by breast surgeons does not reflect the mammography workflow at our institution.
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CITATION: Pitcher, R. et al. 2014. Mammography reporting at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 104:7, 456-457, doi:10.7196/SAMJ.8455.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Breast -- Radiography -- Cape Town (South Africa), Medical screening -- Cape Town (South Africa), Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Cape Town (South Africa)
Citation
Pitcher, R. et al. 2014. Mammography reporting at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 104:7, 456-457, doi:10.7196/SAMJ.8455.