Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer - Hardcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Institute Of Medicine; National Cancer Policy Board; Committee On Technologies For The Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309072832 ISBN 13: 9780309072830

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2001

Synopsis

Each year more than 180,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the U.S. If cancer is detected when small and local, treatment options are less dangerous, intrusive, and costly-and more likely to lead to a cure.

Yet those simple facts belie the complexity of developing and disseminating acceptable techniques for breast cancer diagnosis. Even the most exciting new technologies remain clouded with uncertainty. Mammography and Beyond provides a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective on the state of breast cancer screening and diagnosis and recommends steps for developing the most reliable breast cancer detection methods possible.

This book reviews the dramatic expansion of breast cancer awareness and screening, examining the capabilities and limitations of current and emerging technologies for breast cancer detection and their effectiveness at actually reducing deaths. The committee discusses issues including national policy toward breast cancer detection, roles of public and private agencies, problems in determining the success of a technique, availability of detection methods to specific populations of women, women's experience during the detection process, cost-benefit analyses, and more.

Examining current practices and specifying research and other needs, Mammography and Beyond will be an indispensable resource to policy makers, public health officials, medical practitioners, researchers, women's health advocates, and concerned women and their families.

About this title

About the Author

Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer, Sharyl J. Nass, I. Craig Henderson, and Joyce C. Lashof, Editors, National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309072832
• ISBN 13: 9780309072830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Lashof Joyce C., Henderson I. Craig, Nass Sharyl J.