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How to Reduce False Positive Recall Rates in Screening Mammography?
Almir G V Bitencourt1, Carolina Rossi Saccarelli2, Elizabeth A Morris3
1Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Imaging, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Academic Radiology
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