RT Book, Section
A1 Ojeda-Fournier, Haydee
A1 Comstock, Christopher E.
A2 Kuerer, Henry M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6405752
T1 Chapter 5. Breast Cancer Screening
T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160178-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6405752
RD 2024/04/23
AB Breast  cancer  is  the  most  common  malignancy  affecting  American  women  excluding  skin  cancers.  It  is  the  second  leading  cause  of  cancer-related  deaths,  having  been  surpassed  by  mortality  from  lung  cancer.  The  American  Cancer  Society  estimated  that  there  would  be  182,460  new  cases  of  breast  cancer  and  40,480  breast  cancer-related  deaths  in  2008.1  Breast  cancer  mortality  in  the  United  States  has  declined  substantially  over  the  past  30  years,  from  31.4  deaths  per  100,000  women  per  year  in  1975  to  25.9  deaths  per  100,000  women  per  year  in  2001.2  The  reduction  in  breast  cancer  mortality  has  been  attributed  to  advances  in  treatment  options  and  the  combination  of  increasing  utilization  of  screening  mammography  and  improved  mammographic  quality.3,4  Mammography  remains  the  only  study  proven  to  detect  early  breast  cancer  and  decrease  breast  cancer–related  deaths.