The book provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of all aspects of diagnosis of breast diseases. Employing an integrated approach, all modern imaging modalities are described and their clinical usefulness critically validated. This will aid the clinician in the selection and evaluation of the various imaging methods in specific settings. Due attention is given to new aspects of interpretation of mammographic signs that are of particular interest for primary breast cancer diagnosis. The book also includes detailed information on the evaluation of the postoperative breast and on breast cancer screening by mammography. It will be of special interest to all who deal with the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

Klappentext

An authoritative and comprehensive overview of all aspects of the diagnosis of breast diseases. Employing an integrated approach, all modern imaging modalities are described and their clinical usefulness critically validated, forming an aid for the clinician in the selection and evaluation of the various imaging methods in specific settings. Due attention is given to new aspects of interpretation of mammographic signs that are of particular interest for primary breast cancer diagnosis. The book also includes detailed information on the evaluation of the postoperative breast and on breast cancer screening by mammography.

Inhalt

Breast Cancer Epidemiology and Risk Factors; Mammographic-Pathological Correlations; Technical Aspects of Screen-Film Mammography; Current Legislation on Mammography Quality Assurance; Digital Mammography; The Art of Mammographic Positioning; Differential Diagnosis of Microcalcifications; Imaging Evaluation of Spiculated Masses; The Management of Nonpalpable Circumscribed Breast Masses; Management of Lesions Appearing Probably Benign at Mammography; Radiation Risk of Mammography; Echomammography: Technique and Results; Doppler Sonography of Breast Tumors; Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast; Prebiopsy Localization of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions; Fine-Needle Aspiration and Core Biopsy; Imaging the Breast After Radiation and Surgery; Imaging after Breast Implants; Breast Cancer Screening Projects: Results; Breast Cancer Screening: General Guidelines, Program Design, and Organization; Medicolegal Aspects of Breast Imaging; Subject Index; List of Contributors