Breast cancer (BC) is the most common female cancer and the second cause of death
among women worldwide. The 5-year relative survival rate recently improved up to 90% due …

This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the conflicting theories concerning better
control of breast cancer. The evidence from randomized controlled trials and service …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this commentary is to argue that advances in therapy are
diminishing the efficacy of mammography screening. METHOD: Key studies which …

OBJECTIVE. Therapy for breast cancer is accompanied by acute and chronic toxicity. Little
research has been conducted to determine the impact of the mode of breast cancer …

The outlook for women with breast cancer has improved in recent years. Due to the
combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammography screening, breast …

OBJECTIVE. The discovery of breast cancer at earlier stages with screening brings the risk
that some cancers will be overdiagnosed or overtreated. Reasonable estimates show the …

Each year more than 180,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the
US If cancer is detected when small and local, treatment options are less dangerous …

Breast cancer, the second commonest cancer worldwide in 2008 (1.4 million new cases:
11% of all global cancers and 360,000 deaths), is the commonest potentially fatal cancer of …

Women in the United States have a 12.3% estimated lifetime risk for developing breast
cancer (ie, 1 in 8 women). 1 In 2009, an estimated 194,290 cases of invasive breast cancer …

Breast cancer screening is used to identify women with asymptomatic cancer with the goal of
enabling women to undergo less invasive treatments that lead to better outcomes, ideally at …