Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 323 Introduction 324 Technical Background 324 Mammography 324 Digital Breast Tomosynthesis 326 Evidence on Screening From Different Technical Eras 328 FFMD Versus SFM 328 Digital…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 347 Introduction 348 Social Aspects of Breast Screening 349 Social Attitudes Toward Breasts and Breast Cancer 349 Sociology of Health and Illness 350 Biomedical Culture…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 300 Background 300 Selecting an Appropriate Surveillance Regimen 301 Negative Test Results 302 Positive Test Results 302 Incidental Findings 302 Balancing the Benefits and Potential…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 265 General Introduction and Structure of the Chapter 266 Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer 266 Characteristics of BRCA- Associated Breast Cancers Related to Screening 267…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 87 Introduction 88 Are RCTs of Screening the “Gold Standard”? 89 Advantages and Problems With Observational Studies 91 What Do Observational Studies Tell Us Now?…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 219 Introduction 220 Screening Benefits 222 Breast Cancer Mortality 222 All-Cause Mortality 225 Incidence of Advanced Breast Cancer 225 Screening Harms 228 False-Positive and False-Negative…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 190 Introduction 190 Late-Life Breast Cancer Risk 194 Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Mammography Screening Among Older Women 195 Potential Benefits of Mammography Screening…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 242 Introduction 242 Background 243 Breast Cancer 243 Screening for Breast Cancer 243 Digital Mammography 244 Mammographic Breast Density 244 BD and Digital Mammography 245…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 166 Introduction 166 Improving Screening by Basing Its Application on Risk 167 Risk Factor-Adapted Mammographic Screening 168 How Many Risk Factors? 168 Familial Risk 168…
Chapter Outline Plain Language Summary 134 Introduction 135 Defining Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis 135 A Patient Perspective 135 A Statistical Perspective 136 A Social Perspective 137 How Do We Know Breast…
