Screening for breast cancer / edited by Elizabeth Parvin.
"Screening for Breast Cancer begins by setting out the principles of effective screening programmes, and reviews variatiosn in the incidence of breast cancer in different countries and age-groups to shed light on the major risk factors. This leads to the study of the normal and abnormal biology...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York : Milton Keynes [England] :
Oxford University Press ; In association with the Open University,
2007.
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| Series: | Introducing health sciences.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Screening for disease / Basiro Davey and Jeanne Katz
- 2. What is breast cancer? / Carol Midgley
- 3. Risk factors for breast cancer / Basiro Davey and Carol Midgley
- 4. Mammography / Elizabeth Parvin
- 5. Interpreting the mammograms / Peter Naish and Kevin McConway
- 6. Following up a positive test result / Carol Midgley
- 7. Benefits risks and costs of screening / Elizabeth Parvin and Bundy Mackintosh
- 8. Conclusions / Elizabeth Parvin.