Radiology, Vol 195, 611-615, Copyright © 1995 by Radiological Society of North America
Interventional procedures of the breast: medicolegal considerations
RJ Brenner
Joyce Eisenberg Keefer Breast Center, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Saint John's Hospital and Health Center, Los Angeles, Calif, USA.
Interventional procedures of the breast are increasing in frequency both
because of screening programs designed to detect large numbers of
nonpalpable lesions and the advent of new technologies. These procedures
afford the radiologist new opportunities to participate in patient care.
Those radiologists involved in interventional programs need to be familiar
with the legal ramifications of such procedures, many of which have not
been historically important outside of the treating clinical community. The
high frequency of legal exposure associated with breast cancer evaluation
should prompt the development of risk management guidelines for the
performance of interventional procedures of the breast.
