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Three radiologists, including the former head of radiology at Central Health, sent a letter to the health authority in 2019 warning about mammography and other concerns.
The province's four regional health authorities will review thousands of diagnostic images stretching back to 2018, following last week's announcement from Central Health that it discovered possible problems with the way its employees were screening patients for breast cancer.
A breast cancer survivor in Newfoundland and Labrador is questioning how nearly 14,000 more mammogram results in the province have been placed under review because they were analyzed on improper screens. The news Wednesday brought the number of mammograms now under review to more than 16,500.
Central Health has been using inadequate monitors to determine mammogram results since November 2019, the health authority admitted Wednesday.
Central Newfoundland's health authority said Wednesday it is reviewing about 3,000 mammograms from the past three years for possible issues after officials discovered that some images had been analyzed using incorrect screens.