Breast Cancer Screening in Europe

Adel Gad, Marco Rosselli Del Turco (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

VIII, 148 Seiten

2011 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-78156-8 (ISBN)

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As controlled trials have demonstrated that in many Europeancountries breast cancer mortality may be reduced bypopulation-based mammographic screening of women over theage of 50, there is mounting pressure to introduce newservice screening programmes. How should these programmes beplanned and monitored ? Is it cost-effective ? We invitedexperts whowork with the principal screening programmes inEurope to answer these questions and to describe theirexperiences. Particualr attention has been given toplanning, organisation and monitoring new screeningprogrammes in order to achieve optimal results.

The monograph collects experience from the principal breast cancer screening programmes carried out in Europe. Various aspects of planning, organisation, monitoring are discussed as well as clinical diagnostic and therapeutic problems related to screening.

Breast Cancer: The Scene in Europe.- Overview of European Screening Programmes.- Evidence of the Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening.- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Breast Cancer Screening.- Programme Organisation in Breast Cancer Screening.- Compliance in Breast Cancer Screening: the Spanish Experience.- Breast Cancer Screening in Montpellier.- The Bas-Rhin Model: A Non-Centralised Screening Programme.- Non-Invasive Breast Cancer: An Important Screening Problem.- Criteria for Recall and Diagnostic Assessment.- Pathology in Breast Cancer Screening: A 15-Year Experience from a Swedish Programme.- Therapeutic Aspects of Screen-Detected Lesions: The Role of the Surgeon.- Monitoring the Impact of a Breast Cancer Screening Programme.- Training in Mammographic Screening.- Quality Control in Mammography.- Quality of Life and Breast Cancer Screening.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.12.2011
Reihe/Serie	ESO Monographs
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 148 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 277 mm
Gewicht	403 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Schlagworte	Breast Cancer • Brustkrebs • Brustkrebs / Mammakarzinom • Cancer • Cancer Screening • Mammographie • Mammography • Monitoring • Mortality • Pathology • Qualitätssicherung • Quality assurance • quality of life • Screening
ISBN-10	3-642-78156-X / 364278156X
ISBN-13	978-3-642-78156-8 / 9783642781568
Zustand	Neuware