CAD mammograms often find harmless spots
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070404/ap_on_he_me/computer_aided_mammograms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070404/capt.f27141be6a2049828dc6e8a34dd05a66.computer_aided_mammograms_nyol974.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=9vA8zrcsouwgDx1Gr3ZjUg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A good mammogram reader may do just as well at spotting cancers without expensive new computer systems often used for a second opinion, a new study suggests. Computerized mammography, now used for about a third of the nation's mammograms, too often finds harmless spots that lead to false scares, researchers found. (AP GRAPHIC)" border="0" /></a>AP - A good mammogram reader may do just as well at spotting cancers without expensive new computer systems often used for a second opinion, a new study suggests. Computerized mammography, now used for about a third of the nation's mammograms, too often finds harmless spots that lead to false scares, researchers found. That conflicts with earlier studies showing benefit from the systems.</p><br clear="all"/>

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