X-ray mammography screening is the current mainstay for early breast cancer detection. It has been proven to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage and to red

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

The outlook for women with breast cancer has improved in recent years. Due to the combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammography screening,

In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine, in consultation with the Commission on Life Sciences, the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applica

Praise for this book:This book should be required reading for the multidisciplinary team of physicians and health care professionals who use mammography for bre