[Magdalen] Radiologists

[Ginga Wilder]

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the radiologist saw some weirdness
on mammogram, and did a stereotactic biopsy.  When the results came back,
she called me to tell me I had DCIS.  She knew I wanted to know asap.   It
all worked out.

Ginga

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't understand the recent negative discussion of radiologists. I have
> had a number of MRIs and several CT scans and, as far as I know, the
> radiologist always interprets the results and sends a signed report to the
> physician who ordered them. This last physician then shares those results
> with the patient and, as far as I know, never looks at the actual images.
> Nowadays, that might not be so difficult with computerized images but I
> don't think it's generally done, at least, not here in California.
>
> Why would someone not trained in radiology be more competent than a
> radiologist in interpreting images?
>