Radiologist here. Sorry to hear about about your wife's complications. Most radiology departments do participate in a peer review process as part of internal quality assurance. Not every report is necessarily peer-reviewed, largely due to time constraints (radiologists can read hundreds of mammograms in a day), and not all modalities are required to participate (I believe mammography is optional).

Thank you. I think it would be an extremely difficult job, particularly with a high throughput demands. This series was abdominal and i guess i would expect to see some annotation indicating it was reviewed.

In this case we had a scan in Nov. that was marked clear. Scan in Feb that had an unsized spot noted as ‘possibly metastatic’ with a note that ‘in retrospect this focus was present in previous exam’. Oncologist explains lack of measurement as being too small to precisely ascertain. Then two weeks ago we have a scan report indicating (among other new disease) a 4cm mass that was ‘previously 2cm.’

People are guaranteed to make mistakes, and my issue is with the process...not the personnel.

I've been there and recently, I hope you come through at least as well as we have. My understanding is at minimum several radiologists lay eyes on before you hear anything from any of them. P.S. My wife wife says she wishes you and your wife all the best.

Thank you so much for the well wishes, and please extend our gratitude to your better half as well. I never appreciated the role that the support of others plays in the healing process untill I saw it first hand. It gives my beautiful bride a source of strength and confidence that keeps her stress that much lower and her outlook that much brighter.