mobile unitSince 1977, mass screening for breast cancer has been carried out in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The main activities involve itinerant screening in the communities and group screening at the workplaces. The first step in this screening is the physical examination; the second step, for ...
Stony Brook Medicine and Suffolk police are partnering to use a mobile unit to provide breast cancer screening, and it’s personal for Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart. “This partnership is particularly important to me because breast cancer affects so many women throughout Long Island, and it...
Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. About the BCSC. Accessed March 5, 2024. https://www.bcsc-research.org/about 12. Trentham-Dietz A, Chapman CH, Jinani J, et al. Breast Cancer Screening With Mammography: An Updated Decision Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force. ...
Rebecca A. Hubbard, in Breast Cancer Screening, 2016 Abstract Breast cancer screening aims to reduce mortality, but the screening process introduces harm as well as benefit. Over the past several decades, mammographic breast cancer screening has been the subject of controversy with questions focusing...
1The Epping Breast Screening Unit, Princess Alexandra NHS Hospital Trust, Harlow, UK Breast Cancer Research 25(S1): O1 As a unit, we implemented wireless image transfer from our Screening Mobile van in 2016, which resulted in some reduction in paper usage (only printing Client forms for those...
It is important that the introduction of breast screening is closely monitored. The anticipated effect on breast cancer mortality will take 10 years or more fully to emerge, and will only occur if a succession of more short-term end points are met. Data from the Swedish two-county randomised...
We systematically reviewed the literature on the accuracy of new technologies proposed for breast cancer screening. Four potential tests were identified (ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), full-field digital mammography (FFDM), and computer-aided detection (CAD)) for which primary studies me...
This guideline updates the American Cancer Society breast cancer screening recommendations for women at average risk for breast cancer.
This cross-sectional study uses electronic health record data to evaluate the association between COVID-19 and breast cancer screening at an urban
Breast cancer is a global health issue affecting 2.3 million women per year, causing death in over 600,000. Mammography (and biopsy) is the gold standard for screening and diagnosis. Whilst effective, this test exposes individuals to radiation, has limitations to its sensitivity and specificity an...