UID:
almahu_9948025967102882
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 429 pages) :
,
illustrations (some color)
ISBN:
0-12-802494-1
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
This book provides a balanced perspective on the increasingly controversial topic of breast cancer screening, with a focus on current and emerging scientific evidence, as well as a look at such future breast cancer screening practices as tailored screening and shared decision-making, plus variability in screening practice and outcomes around the world.
Note:
chapter 1. Breast cancer screening : balancing evidence with culture, politics, money, and media -- chapter 2. Estimates of screening benefit : the randomized trials of breast cancer screening -- chapter 3. Weighing the benefits and harms : screening mammography in the balance -- chapter 4. The importance of observational evidence to estimate and monitor mortality reduction from current breast cancer screening -- chapter 5. The role of microsimulation modeling in evaluating the outcomes and effect of screening -- chapter 6. Challenges in understanding and quantifying overdiagnosis and overtreatment -- chapter 7. Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of risk-based screening for breast cancer -- chapter 8. Breast cancer screening in the older woman -- chapter 9. Screening women in their 40s -- chapter 10. Screening for breast cancer in women with dense breasts -- chapter 11. Screening women with known or suspected cancer gene mutations -- chapter 12. Imaging surveillance of women with a personal history of breast cancer -- chapter 13. Evolution of mammography screening : from film screen to digital breast tomosynthesis -- chapter 14. Ethical and societal considerations in breast cancer screening -- chapter 15. Treatment of screen-detected breast cancer : can we avoid or minimize overtreatment? -- chapter 16. Informed and shared decision making in breast screening.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-802209-4
Language:
English
