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Nongenetic Factors in the Causation of Breast Cancer Walter C. Willett Rulla Tamimi Susan E. Hankinson Aditi Hazra A. Heather Eliassen Graham A. Colditz Breast cancer has an enormous impact…

Management of Other High Risk Patients Seema A. Khan INTRODUCTION Breast cancer risk can be attributed to three major sources: increasing age, lifetime estrogen exposure (endogenous and exogenous), and genetic…

Genetic Testing and Management of Patients with Hereditary Breast Cancer Susan M. Domchek Beth N. Peshkin Marc D. Schwartz Claudine Isaacs Genetic counseling and testing are increasingly an integral component…

Inherited Genetic Factors and Breast Cancer Alan Ashworth Although much remains to be learned about the heritable factors involved, enormous strides have been made in the past two decades in…

Image-Guided Biopsy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions Janice S. Sung Christopher E. Comstock IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY OF NONPALPABLE BREAST LESIONS The increasing use of mammography, ultrasound, and breast MRI to screen asymptomatic…

New Breast Imaging Techniques Maxine S. Jochelson More than ever before, the cost of medical care and concern for radiation exposure are being taken into account in the process of…

Imaging Analysis: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Susan P. Weinstein Susan Orel Roth Major advances have been made in the field of MR imaging of the breast since the first report of…

Imaging Analysis: Mammography Mark A. Helvie Stephanie K. Patterson Mammography is widely practiced in the United States and internationally for screening and diagnostic indications. High-quality examinations and interpretations are necessary…

Imaging Analysis: Ultrasonography Emily L. Sedgwick The use of breast ultrasound for the characterization of breast masses was described as early as 1966 in a Russian journal (1). For many…

Pathology of Benign Breast Disorders Laura C. Collins Stuart J. Schnitt The term benign breast disorders encompasses a heteroge-neous group of lesions that may present as a palpable mass, a…