Full Description
This is a discussion of screening for breast cancer. It examines issues such as balancing the harm, the cost, and the benefit, the medico-legal implications of screening and genetic testing for breast cancer predisposition.
Contents
Natural history of breat cancer; the case in favour of and against mammographic screening for women in their forties; mammographic screening in women 50 and over; screening mammography - balancing the harm, the cost, and the benefit; screening by breast self-examination; breast cancer screening by physical examination; medico-legal implications of breast cancer screening; barriers to breast cancer screening and strategies to overcome them; genetic testing for breast cancer predisposition; management guidelines for the woman at increased risk for breast cancer.
