Comments on: $5.5 million mammography verdict http://overlawyered.com/2006/12/55-million-mammography-verdict/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=55-million-mammography-verdict Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nevins http://overlawyered.com/2006/12/55-million-mammography-verdict/comment-page-1/#comment-5081 nevins Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:13:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4305#comment-5081 Ultimately leading radiologists reading screening mammograms to have only two possible results: positive (there is a suspicious area that will need followup or biopsy) and equivocal (we cannot pinpoint anything, yet never, ever should the patient feel healthy even for a moment; correlate with clinical exam, followup with your primary doc, get us old films for comparison). All I want, and can expect, from a screening exam is to know that my odds are no worse than any old Joe my age. Screening can never tell me with certainty that I am without disease. Ultimately leading radiologists reading screening mammograms to have only two possible results: positive (there is a suspicious area that will need followup or biopsy) and equivocal (we cannot pinpoint anything, yet never, ever should the patient feel healthy even for a moment; correlate with clinical exam, followup with your primary doc, get us old films for comparison).

All I want, and can expect, from a screening exam is to know that my odds are no worse than any old Joe my age. Screening can never tell me with certainty that I am without disease.

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