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Mammography and Early Breast Cancer Detection: How Screening Saves Lives
Contributor(s): Hollingsworth, Alan B. (Author)
ISBN: 1476666105     ISBN-13: 9781476666105
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE:   $29.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: 618.190
LCCN: 2016027129
Series: McFarland Health Topics
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1 lbs) 260 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Health & Fitness
 
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Publisher Description:
Early detection of breast cancer is critical. Yet efforts to cut back on mammography or even stop screening altogether have been gaining ground in the medical community's decades-long debate over testing and treatment. It is not a purely scientific debate--back-room politics and hidden agendas have played as much a role as clinical data, leading to some surprising conclusions. Written by one of the first physicians in the country to specialize in breast cancer risk assessment, genetic testing and high-risk interventions, this book focuses on the screening controversy and explains the arguments used on both sides. The author covers the history of screening, from the first mobile unit on the streets of Manhattan to the cutting edge imaging technology of today.