Screening for Breast Cancer
Series: Introducing Health Science;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 December 2007
- ISBN 9780199237333
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages104 pages
- Size 263x209x8 mm
- Weight 481 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 60 full colour 0
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Short description:
Screening for Breast Cancer provides a multidisciplinary overview of the screening process, and the use of x-rays in screening for breast cancer. It explains how and why X-rays are used, introduces other imaging methods, and explores the benefits, risks, and costs of screening.
MoreLong description:
Screening for common diseases is seen by some as a vital intervention in major health problems and by others as a costly exercise in public relations. Breast cancer incidence is increasing and screening programmes have been established in many countries. However, questions remain as to their efficacy, given the financial costs to health services, and the emotional and in some cases physical costs to well women who are screened. Screening for Breast Cancer begins by setting
out the principles of effective screening programmes, and reviews variations in the incidence of breast cancer in different countries and age-groups to shed light on the major risk factors. This leads to a study of the normal and abnormal cell biology on which breast cancer diagnosis depends.
The most common method of screening for early breast cancer worldwide is mammography using X-ray images. Screening for Breast Cancer is supported by a fully interactive DVD, developed in collaboration with a hospital breast screening service. The book and an interactive multimedia sequence explain the physical basis of X-rays, how and why they are used in mammography, and why the breast has to be compressed between two plates for a mammogram. The mammography procedure, how the
mammography machine works and how mammograms are interpreted, are explained in videos, concluding with a visit to the follow-up clinic and pathology laboratory where breast biopsy samples are processed and evaluated microscopically.
Some other imaging methods that may become more important in the future are also introduced and the concepts of sensitivity and specificity are explained. The book closes by exploring the benefits, risks and costs of screening for breast cancer, so that the reader can weigh up the pros and cons, and see how the general principles might apply to other screening programmes.
The Online Resource Centre features:
For lecturers who are registered adopters of the book:
Figures from the book in electronic - format, available to download
For students:
- Access to ROUTES, a searchable internet database of online resources compiled by academic staff and subject-specialist librarians.
Table of Contents:
Screening
1.1 Types of screening tests
1.2 Criteria for effective screening programmes
1.3 Debates about the value of breats cancer screening
1.4 Factors that affect uptake of breast screening
What is breast cancer?
2.1 Body structures
2.2 The breast
2.3 How do breast cells multiply?
2.4 Gene Mutations
2.5 Detecting breast cancers early
Risk factors for breast cancer
3.1 Multiple interacting causes
3.2 Age and breast cancer
3.3 Environmental risk factors
3.4 Certain gene mutations can increase risk
3.5 Oestrogen and breast cancer
3.6 How large are the risks?
3.7 Falling mortality rates
Mammography
4.1 What kind of test?
4.2 X-ray imaging
4.3 Other imaging methods
Interpreting the mammograms
5.1 What are radiologists looking for?
5.2 The psychology fo image interpretation
5.3 Measuring sensitivity and specificity
Following up a positive test result
6.1 Examining samples of breast tumours
Benefits, risks and costs of screening
7.1 Who gets screened?
7.2 The benefits
7.3 The risks
7.4 Financial costs
Conclusions
