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Tue 11 Nov 2007Further breast scans may be reviewedMinister for Health Mary Harney has confirmed she will seek advice on whether there should now be reviews of mammograms carried out at other hospitals where patients were not subject to triple assessment.Her comments follow a review of mammograms at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, which found that at least seven women given the all-clear actually had breast cancer.