Bookedited by Nehmat Houssami, Professor of Public Health,
... Show More and National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF Australia) Breast Cancer Research Leader Fellow, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia, Diana Miglioretti, Dean's Professor in Biostatistics, UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, United States, and Senior Investigator, Group Health Reseach Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, United States.
Contents:
Breast cancer screening : balancing evidence with culture, politics, money, and media
Estimates of screening benefit : the randomized trials of breast cancer screening
Weighing the benefits and harms : screening mammography in the balance
The importance of observational evidence to estimate and monitor mortality reduction from current breast cancer screening
The role of microsimulation modeling in evaluating the outcomes and effect of screening
Challenges in understanding and quantifying overdiagnosis and overtreatment
Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of risk-based screening for breast cancer
Breast cancer screening in the older woman
Screening women in their 40s
Screening for breast cancer in women with dense breasts
Screening women with known or suspected cancer gene mutations
Imaging surveillance of women with a personal history of breast cancer
Evolution of mammography screening : from film screen to digital breast tomosynthesis
Ethical and societal considerations in breast cancer screening
Treatment of screen-detected breast cancer: can we avoid or minimize overtreatment?
Informed and shared decision making in breast screening.