Advances in Breast Cancer Detection

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Relative Doses in Mammography: The Future Development of Film/Screen Mammography Systems....Pages 1-9
Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer: An Overview....Pages 10-17
Inflammatory Disease of the Breast....Pages 18-23
Stellate Lesions of the Breast....Pages 24-28
Screening for Breast Cancer: Opportunities, Status and Challenges....Pages 29-38
Follow-up Studies of the Health Insurance Plan Study and the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project Screening Trials in the USA....Pages 39-52
Low-Cost Mass Screening as a Means of Reducing Overall Mortality from Breast Cancer....Pages 53-59
Screening for Breast Cancer with Mammography in Bohuslän County, Sweden....Pages 60-64
Evaluation and Comparison of Mammographic Quality at Facilities Participating in a Regional Breast Cancer Awareness Program....Pages 65-74
Quality Requirements in Mammographic Screening in Sweden....Pages 75-80
One Versus Two Views per Breast for Screening Mammography....Pages 81-87
Mammographic Features of Malignancy Found During Screening....Pages 88-93
Breast Cancer Screening in Iceland: Preliminary Results....Pages 94-99
Stereotactic, X-Ray Guided, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions: Comparison with the Coordinate Grid Localization Technique....Pages 100-104
Stereotactic Breast Puncture: An Indispensable Complement to the Detection of Breast Cancers within the Framework of a Screening Program....Pages 105-108
Stereotaxic Fine Needle Aspiration of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions with the Cytoguide Unit: First Experiences....Pages 109-113
Preoperative Diagnostic and Prognostic Information on Nonpalpable Breast Tumors....Pages 114-115
Nonpalpable Breast Cancer: A Mammographic—Histological Correlation....Pages 116-121
Why and by Whom Are Patients Referred for Mammography?....Pages 122-126
Imaging Techniques Other than Mammography for the Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer....Pages 127-135
Breast Ultrasound in the Detection of Breast Cancer....Pages 136-140
A New Method for Assessment of Radiation Risk from Screening Mammography....Pages 141-150
Should Breast Self-Examination Be Included in a Mammographic Screening Program?....Pages 151-164
Strategy in the Management of in situ Carcinomas of the Breast: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Surgical Aspects....Pages 165-174
Imaging the Breast Treated by Segmental Mastectomy and Irradiation....Pages 175-192
Back Matter....Pages 193-195