Saving women's lives : strategies for improving breast cancer detection and diagnosis / Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, National Cancer Policy Board, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division ; Janet E. Joy, Edward E. Penhoet, and Diana B. Petitti, editors.
- Date:
- [2005], ©2005
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2005], ©2005.
Physical description
xxi, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
- Joy, Janet E. (Janet Elizabeth), 1953-
- Penhoet, Edward E.
- Petitti, Diana B.
- National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.
- National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs.
- National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy.
Contents
Benefits and limitations of mammography -- Improving breast cancer screening services -- Understanding breast cancer risk -- Biologically based technologies -- The necessary environment for research and development -- Translating new technologies into improved patient outcomes -- Recommendations.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionWP870 2004S26Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0309092132
- 0309094380
- 0309546311