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A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery (2019)
Journal Article
cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery. Radiography, 26(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.08.007

INTRODUCTION: To measure mammography-related pain in two groups of women undergoing regular surveillance as a baseline for future care.
METHODS: Following ethical approval, two hundred women aged 32 to 84 years (mean 54), were invited by written inv... Read More about A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery.

Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity (2019)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Thompson, J., & Mercer, C. (2019). Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity. Radiography, 25(4), 314-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.02.011

Introduction
Student radiographers have expressed difficulty in performing image appraisal tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of a workshop delivered to level 4 undergraduate students. All students completed an image appra... Read More about Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity.

Impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from full-field digital mammography screening (2019)
Journal Article
Ali, R., England, A., Mercer, C., Tootell, A., & Hogg, P. (2019). Impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from full-field digital mammography screening. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 50(2), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2019.02.005

Objective

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from four-view full-field digital mammography (FFDM) screening.
Methods

A poly methyl meth... Read More about Impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from full-field digital mammography screening.