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Screening for Breast Cancer
Edited by Elizabeth Parvin
104 pages
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60 full colour
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263x210mm
978-0-19-923733-3
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Paperback
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13 December 2007
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- Blends an integrated multidisciplinary approach with case studies to create a unique learning experience
- Extensive learning features, including activities, chapter summaries, learning outcomes, in-text and self-assessment questions, Explanation and Enrichment boxes, references and further reading, offer full support for learning, making this the ideal resource for any student, regardless of prior scientific knowledge.
- Custom-developed multimedia content, on the associated DVD, enriches the learning process still further, helping you to get even more out of the resource
- Online Resource Centre features additional materials for both lecturers and students, enhancing the book's value as a teaching and learning tool.
Screening for common diseases is seen by some as a vital intervention in major health problems and by others as a costly exercise in public relations. Breast cancer incidence is increasing and screening programmes have been established in many countries. However, questions remain as to their efficacy, given the financial costs to health services, and the emotional and in some cases physical costs to well women who are screened. Screening for Breast Cancer begins by setting out the principles of effective screening programmes, and reviews variations in the incidence of
breast cancer in different countries and age-groups to shed light on the major risk factors. This leads to a study of the normal and abnormal cell biology on which breast cancer diagnosis depends.
The most common method of screening for early breast cancer worldwide is mammography using X-ray images. Screening for Breast Cancer is supported by a fully interactive DVD, developed in collaboration with a hospital breast screening service. The book and an interactive multimedia sequence explain the physical basis of X-rays, how and why they are used in mammography, and why the breast has to be compressed between two plates for a mammogram. The mammography procedure, how the mammography machine works and how mammograms are interpreted, are explained in videos,
concluding with a visit to the follow-up clinic and pathology laboratory where breast biopsy samples are processed and evaluated microscopically.
Some other imaging methods that may become more important in the future are also introduced and the concepts of sensitivity and specificity are explained. The book closes by exploring the benefits, risks and costs of screening for breast cancer, so that the reader can weigh up the pros and cons, and see how the general principles might apply to other screening programmes.
The Online Resource Centre features:
For lecturers who are registered adopters of the book:
Figures from the book in electronic - format, available to download
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students:
- Access to ROUTES, a searchable internet database of online resources compiled by academic staff and subject-specialist librarians.Readership: Undergraduates studying biomedical science, human biology, and health science, particularly those with an interest in public health. Also a valuable reference for health professionals requiring a straightforward introduction to the subject.
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Edited by Elizabeth Parvin, Open University Contributors:
Elizabeth Parvin, Physics and Astronomy, Open University
Carol Midgley, Basiro Davey, Biological Sciences, Open University
Jeanne Katz, Health and Social Care, Open University
Bundy Mackintosh, Peter Naish, Psychology, Open University
Kevin McConway, Statistics, Open University
Brian Richardson, Steve Best, Greg Black, Jane Reynolds, Multimedia, Open University
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1: Screening
1.1 Types of screening tests
1.2 Criteria for effective screening programmes
1.3 Debates about the value of breats cancer screening
1.4 Factors that affect uptake of breast screening
2: What is breast cancer?
2.1 Body structures
2.2 The breast
2.3 How do breast cells multiply?
2.4 Gene Mutations
2.5 Detecting breast cancers early
3: Risk factors for breast cancer
3.1 Multiple interacting causes
3.2 Age and breast cancer
3.3 Environmental risk factors
3.4 Certain gene mutations can increase risk
3.5 Oestrogen and breast cancer
3.6 How large are the risks?
3.7 Falling mortality rates
4: Mammography
4.1 What kind of test?
4.2 X-ray imaging
4.3 Other imaging methods
5: Interpreting the mammograms
5.1 What are radiologists looking for?
5.2 The psychology fo image interpretation
5.3 Measuring sensitivity and specificity
6: Following up a positive test result
6.1 Examining samples of breast tumours
7: Benefits, risks and costs of screening
7.1 Who gets screened?
7.2 The benefits
7.3 The risks
7.4 Financial costs
8: Conclusions
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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