Survey of women's opinions of male mammographers.

In this study, 1,000 women undergoing screening mammography were surveyed regarding their opinions about male technologists and students performing the exam. Although respondents indicated a high preference for female technologists, a majority said they would complete the examination with a male technologist. Most women did not object to female students or male students participating in the exam. The survey showed that women's opinions were not strongly influenced by the gender of their personal physician, their age or their previous mammography experience.