Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
by jmhmd on Monday May 20, 2019 @03:17PM
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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).
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Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
by jcims on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:27PM
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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.