Advances in Breast Cancer Detection

Papers from the 4th International Copenhagen Symposium on the Detection of Breast Cancer giving latest advances in early detection, especially early screening programs.

Klappentext

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 screening mammography, technical diagnostic examinations such as stereotactic biopsies and sonography, and non-palpable breast tumors. The contributions are from international specialists and represent the latest advances in the fight against breast cancer.

Inhalt
Relative Doses in Mammography: The Future Development of Film/Screen Mammography Systems.- Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer: An Overview.- Inflammatory Disease of the Breast.- Stellate Lesions of the Breast.- Screening for Breast Cancer: Opportunities, Status and Challenges.- 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 of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions with the Cytoguide Unit: First Experiences.- Preoperative Diagnostic and Prognostic Information on Nonpalpable Breast Tumors.- Nonpalpable Breast Cancer: A Mammographic-Histological Correlation.- Why and by Whom Are Patients Referred for Mammography?.- Imaging Techniques Other than Mammography for the Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.- Breast Ultrasound in the Detection of Breast Cancer.- A New Method for Assessment of Radiation Risk from Screening Mammography.- Should Breast Self-ExaminationBe Included in a Mammographic Screening Program?.- Strategy in the Management of in situ Carcinomas of the Breast: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Surgical Aspects.- Imaging the Breast Treated by Segmental Mastectomy and Irradiation.- Subject Index..