Breast cancer screening : making sense of complex and evolving evidence /

Breast Cancer Screening: Making Sense of Complex and Evolving Evidence covers broad aspects of breast cancer screening specifically focusing on current evidence, emerging evidence, and issues that will be critical for future breast screening practice such as tailored screening and shared decision-ma...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Houssami, Nehmat (Editor), Miglioretti, Diana (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Breast Cancer Screening: Making Sense of Complex and Evolving Evidence covers broad aspects of breast cancer screening specifically focusing on current evidence, emerging evidence, and issues that will be critical for future breast screening practice such as tailored screening and shared decision-making in breast screening. The scope of the book is relevant to a global audience. This book provides balanced perspectives on this increasingly controversial topic, using scientific evidence to explain the evolution of knowledge relating to breast cancer screening. Breast Cancer Screening covers the key points related to this debate including the context of increasingly complex and conflicting evidence, divergent opinions on the benefits and harms of breast screening, and variability in screening practice and outcomes across settings around the world.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780128024942
0128024941
9780128022092
0128022094