Mammography and Beyond:

Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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Publication Year:2001

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Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer, Sharyl J. Nass, I. Craig Henderson, and Joyce C. Lashof, Editors, National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
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Each year more than 180,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the U.S. If cancer is detected when small and local, treatment options are less dangerous, intrusive, and costly-and more likely to lead to a cure. ...
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"Mammography and Beyond would be useful in libraries of radiologists who are intimately involved with breast cancer detection and would be a good background text for any physician who performs mammography. This book presents a well-grounded overview of breast cancer ...
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-xxii
Executive Summary	1-14	(skim)
1 Introduction	15-54	(skim)
2 Breast Imaging and Related Technologies	55-104	(skim)
3 Technologies in Development: Genetics and Tumor Markers	105-132	(skim)
4 Development and Regulation of New Technologies	133-166	(skim)
5 Evaluation and Cost Coverage of New Technologies	167-198	(skim)
6 Dissemination: Increasing the Use and Availability of New Technologies	199-220	(skim)
7 Findings and Recommendations	221-236	(skim)
Glossary	237-248	(skim)
References	249-268	(skim)
Appendix: Workshop speakers and other contributors	269-272	(skim)
Index	273-288	(skim)

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Each year more than 180,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the U.S. If cancer is detected when small and local, treatment options are less dangerous, intrusive, and costly-and more likely to lead to a cure.

Yet those simple facts belie the complexity of developing and disseminating acceptable techniques for breast cancer diagnosis. Even the most exciting new technologies remain clouded with uncertainty. Mammography and Beyond provides a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective on the state of breast cancer screening and diagnosis and recommends steps for developing the most reliable breast cancer detection methods possible.

This book reviews the dramatic expansion of breast cancer awareness and screening, examining the capabilities and limitations of current and emerging technologies for breast cancer detection and their effectiveness at actually reducing deaths. The committee discusses issues including national policy toward breast cancer detection, roles of public and private agencies, problems in determining the success of a technique, availability of detection methods to specific populations of women, women's experience during the detection process, cost-benefit analyses, and more.

Examining current practices and specifying research and other needs, Mammography and Beyond will be an indispensable resource to policy makers, public health officials, medical practitioners, researchers, women's health advocates, and concerned women and their families.

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"Mammography and Beyond would be useful in libraries of radiologists who are intimately involved with breast cancer detection and would be a good background text for any physician who performs mammography. This book presents a well-grounded overview of breast cancer that goes beyond the routine imaging of patients. Its assessment of the future of breast cancer detection is thought-provoking reading."
-- American Journal of Roentgenology, July 2002

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