The breast test book : a woman's guide to mammography and beyond
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- ISBN: 9780190677053
- ISBN: 0190677058
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xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: First Things First. Breast Imaging: Until There's a Cure: The Unknown Frontier in Women's Health ; The Screening Mammogram Guidelines Controversy: What You Absolutely Must Know: Addressing the Elephant in the Room, and the Case for Tomosynthesis -- The Who. You! How You Impact Your Care: Your Responsibilities and Information You Need to Know ; The Breast Imaging Team: Radiologist, Technologists, and Navigator ; The Rulers of Mammoland: MQSA, ACR, SBI, and the Other ABCs of Imaging ; Your Referring Doctor: The Delicate Balance of the Referral-Consult Relationship -- The What. The Tools of Breast Imaging: A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words -- The Why. How It All Works: An Overview: A Bird's-Eye View of the Whole Process ; How It All Works: The Screening Evaluation: Screening the Asymptomatic Population and Saving Lives ; How It All Works: The Diagnostic Evaluation: Symptomatic Patients and the Journey to the Correct Diagnosis ; Breast Urgent-cies: The Cannot Wait Until Tomorrow! ; You Need a Biopsy-Don't Panic!: Image-Guided Needle Biopsy: A Remarkable Advance in Technology and Patient Care ; You Don't Have Breast Cancer: The Value of a Benign Evaluation ; You Have Been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: The Critical Role of Radiology in Treatment Planning and Follow-up -- Other Considerations. Special Cases: Pregnancy, Lactation, Breast Implants, Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Male Breast Cancer ; How Does Your Report Get to You and To Your Doctor?: No News Is Not Necessarily Good News ; Patients' Questions About the Imaging Evaluation: Leaving More Can Save Your Life -- Breast Imaging Meets the Outside World. Medicolegal Issues and Liability: Can Breast Imaging Survive the Liability Crisis? ; Safety Issues in Mammography and Breast Imaging: Assessing the Risk-Benefit Ratio ; The Breast Density Discussion: Information versus Notification. |
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The Breast Test Book : A Woman's Guide to Mammography and Beyond
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Table of Contents
The Breast Test Book : A Woman's Guide to Mammography and Beyond
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword | p. ix | |
Acknowledgments | p. xi | |
Part I | First Things First | |
1 | Breast Imaging: Until There Is a Cure: The Unknown Frontier in Women's Health | p. 3 |
2 | The Screening Mammogram Guidelines Controversy: What You Absolutely Must Know: Addressing the Elephant in the Room, and the Case for Tomosynthesis | p. 11 |
Part II | The Who | |
3 | You! How You Impact Your Care: Your Responsibilities and Information You Need to Know | p. 23 |
4 | The Breast Imaging Team: Radiologist, Technologists, and Navigator | p. 32 |
5 | The Rulers of Mammoland: MQSA, ACR, SBI, and the Other ABCs of Imaging | p. 36 |
6 | Your Referring Doctor: The Delicate Balance of the Referral-Consult Relationship | p. 38 |
Part III | The What | |
7 | The Tools of Breast Imaging: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words | p. 43 |
Part IV | The Why | |
8 | How It All Works: An Overview: A Bird's-Eye View of the Whole Process | p. 53 |
9 | How It All Works: The Screening Evaluation: Screening the Asymptomatic Population and Saving Lives | p. 56 |
10 | How It All Works: The Diagnostic Evaluation: Symptomatic Patients and the Journey to the Correct Diagnosis | p. 66 |
11 | Breast Urgent-cies: This Cannot Wait Until Tomorrow! | p. 111 |
12 | You Need a Biopsy-Don't Panic!: Image-Guided Needle Biopsy: A Remarkable Advance in Technology and Patient Care | p. 114 |
13 | You Do Not Have Breast Cancer: The Value of a Benign Evaluation | p. 127 |
14 | You Have Been Diagnosed With Breast Cancer: The Critical Role of Radiology in Treatment Planning and Follow-up | p. 139 |
Part V | Other Considerations | |
15 | Special Cases: Pregnancy, Lactation, Breast Implants, Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Male Breast Cancer | p. 151 |
16 | How Does Your Report Get to You and Your Doctor?: No News Is Not Necessarily Good News | p. 156 |
17 | Patients' Questions About the Imaging Evaluation: Learning More Can Save Your Life | p. 159 |
Part VI | Breast Imaging Meets the Outside World | |
18 | Medicolegal Issues and Liability: Can Breast Imaging Survive the Liability Crisis? | p. 167 |
19 | Safety Issues in Mammography and Breast Imaging: Assessing the Risk-Benefit Ratio | p. 169 |
20 | The Breast Density Discussion: Information versus Notification | p. 173 |
Glossary 1 | Topics in Breast Imaging: Terminology 101 | p. 179 |
Glossary 2 | Breast Health Vocabulary: Quick Reference, Alphabetical | p. 197 |
Bibliography | p. 209 | |
Index | p. 215 |