Advances in Breast Cancer Detection /

This book gives a synthesis of the latest advances in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. The information on mammographic screening and follow-up trials from Scandinavian and American screening centers is particularly important. The book also discusses cost/benefit problems, radiation risk from sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brünner, Sam, 1920-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Langfeldt, Bent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990.
Series:Recent results in cancer research ; 119.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the Contents: Relative Doses in Mammography
  • Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer: An Overview
  • Inflammatory Disease of the Breast
  • Stellate Lesions of the Breast
  • Screening for Breast Cancer: Opportunities, Status and Challanges
  • Follow up Studies of the Health Insurance Plan Study and the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project Screening Trials in the USA
  • Low-Cost Mass Screening as a Means of Reducing Overall Mortality from Breast Cancer
  • Screening for Breast Cancer with Mammography in Bohuslän County, Sweden
  • Evaluation and Comparison of Mammographic Quality at Facilities Participating in a Regional Breast Cancer Awareness Program
  • Quality Requirements in Mammographic Screening in Sweden
  • One versus Two Views per Breast for Screening Mammography
  • Mammographic Features of Malignancy Found during Screening
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Iceland: Preliminary Results
  • Stereotactic, X-Ray Guided, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions: Comparison with the Coordinate Grid Localization Technique
  • Stereotactic Breast Puncture: An Indispensable Complement to the Detection of Breast Cancers within the Framework of a Screening Program
  • Stereotaxic Fine Needle Aspiration (SFNA) of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions with the Cytoguide Unit: First Experiences
  • Preoperative Diagnostic and Prognostic Information on Nonpalpable Breast Tumors.