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Saving Women's Lives

Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis: A Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Institute of Medicine Symposium

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

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Saving Women's Lives

Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis: A Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Institute of Medicine Symposium

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

In this report The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) present a one-day symposium that was held at the IOM to further disseminate the conclusions and recommendations of the joint IOM and National Research Council report, Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis. The committee assembled for this event was asked to share insights and consider ways in which the objectives of the report could be achieved from the standpoint of what women need to know, the best models of screening programs, manpower, risk stratification, basic research, and payment. This symposium seeks to provide continuing food for thought and ideas for actions in support of breast cancer detection and diagnosis and saving women's lives.

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Saving Women's Lives

Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

By: National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

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Saving Women's Lives

Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

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, breast cancer mortality has decreased steadily since 1989. Yet breast cancer remains a major problem, second only to lung cancer as a leading cause of death from cancer for women. To date, no means to prevent breast cancer has been discovered and experience has shown that treatments are most effective when a cancer is detected early, before it has spread to other tissues. These two facts suggest that the most effective way to continue reducing the death toll from breast cancer is improved early detection and diagnosis. Building on the 2001 report Mammography and Beyond, this new book not only examines ways to improve implementation and use of new and current breast cancer detection technologies but also evaluates the need to develop tools that identify women who would benefit most from early detection screening. Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis encourages more research that integrates the development, validation, and analysis of the types of technologies in clinical practice that promote improved risk identification techniques. In this way, methods and technologies that improve detection and diagnosis can be more effectively developed and implemented.

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0309092132

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Mammography and Beyond

Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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Mammography and Beyond

Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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 dangerous, intrusive, and costly-and more likely to lead to a cure. Yet those simple facts belie the complexity of developing and disseminating acceptable techniques for breast cancer diagnosis. Even the most exciting new technologies remain clouded with uncertainty. Mammography and Beyond provides a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective on the state of breast cancer screening and diagnosis and recommends steps for developing the most reliable breast cancer detection methods possible. This book reviews the dramatic expansion of breast cancer awareness and screening, examining the capabilities and limitations of current and emerging technologies for breast cancer detection and their effectiveness at actually reducing deaths. The committee discusses issues including national policy toward breast cancer detection, roles of public and private agencies, problems in determining the success of a technique, availability of detection methods to specific populations of women, women's experience during the detection process, cost-benefit analyses, and more. Examining current practices and specifying research and other needs, Mammography and Beyond will be an indispensable resource to policy makers, public health officials, medical practitioners, researchers, women's health advocates, and concerned women and their families.

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Saving Women's Lives

Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

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Mammography and Beyond

Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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Developing Technologies for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

A Public Workshop Summary

By: National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on the Early Detection of Breast Cancer,Laura Newman

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Developing Technologies for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

A Public Workshop Summary

By: National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on the Early Detection of Breast Cancer,Laura Newman

In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine, in consultation with the Commission on Life Sciences, the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, and the Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy launched a one year study on technologies for early detection of breast cancer. The committee was asked to examine technologies under development for early breast cancer detection, and to scrutinize the process of medical technology development, adoption, and dissemination. The committee is gathering information on these topics for its report in a number of ways, including two public workshops that bring in outside expertise. The first workshop on "Developing Technologies for Early Breast Cancer Detection" was held in Washington DC in February 2000. The content of the presentations at the workshop is summarized here. A second workshop, which will focus on the process of technology development and adoption, will be held in Washington, DC on June 19-20. A formal report on these topics, including conclusions and recommendations, will be prepared by the committee upon completion of the one-year study.

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