TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Screening for Breast Cancer A1 - Ojeda-Fournier, Haydee A1 - de Guzman, Jade A1 - Ward, Erin A1 - Blair, Sarah L. A2 - Morita, Shane Y. A2 - Balch, Charles M. A2 - Klimberg, V. Suzanne A2 - Pawlik, Timothy M. A2 - Posner, Mitchell C. A2 - Tanabe, Kenneth K. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology AB - Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in American women, excluding cancers of the skin, and accounts for 29% of all female cancer in the United States. The lifetime risk of an American women being diagnosed with breast cancer is 1 in 8. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that in 2016 there will be 232,340 cases of invasive breast carcinoma and an additional 64,640 cases of in situ disease.1 In addition, 39,620 deaths are estimated to occur in 2016. Everyone knows someone who has been affected by breast cancer, and breast cancer advocacy remains strong in the public eye. Consequently, breast cancer screening has become highly politicized in the United States. Heated debates regarding the efficacy of mammographic screening for breast cancer have become a frequent lay media occurrence. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145759843 ER -