Phyllis J. Kornguth, chief of mammography atthe Yale School of Medicine, and Charles S.Lipson, a New Bedford surgeon, testified thatRosoff should have given Thrope a mammogram, anX-ray exam of the breasts, Allar said.

In an interview this week, Rosoff's lawyer,Barbara H. Buell, said Rosoff had no reason toadminister a mammogram.

"When he examined her, she had no symptoms ofanything wrong with her," Buell said.

"She had a very diffuse kind of cancer, fromthe pathological report," she said, adding thatsuch breast cancer is often not accompanied bylumps.

Buell said it is not standard procedure to givemammograms to women of Thrope's young age. Thefact that Thrope was pregnant at the time and thepossibility that radiation from the X ray could beharmful contributed to Rosoff's decision not toadminister a mammogram, she said.

Administrators at Beth Israel Hospital refusedto comment on the case.

Middlesex County Superior Judge Katherine L.Izzo, who presided over the trial, yesterdayupheld the award, according to Allar