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• Title:Saving women's lives : strategies for improving breast cancer detection and diagnosis : a Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Institute of Medicine symposium / Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer ; National Cancer Policy Board ; Roger Herdman and Larry Norton, editors.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Herdman, Roger.
  Norton, Larry.
  Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
  Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
  National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.
  National Research Council (U.S.)
  
• Published/Created:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WP870 .S282 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--Congresses.
  Breast--Cancer--Government policy--United States--Congresses.
  Breast--Cancer--Prevention--Congresses.
  Medical screening--Congresses.
  
• Medical Subjects: Breast Neoplasms--diagnosis
  Mammography
  Mass Screening
  
• Description:ix, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:"Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies."
  This report is the product of a one-day symposium held at the IOM to further disseminate the conclusions and recommendations of the joint IOM and National Research Council report of the same title.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-129).
  
• ISBN:0309094380 (pbk.)
  0309546311 (pdf)
  
• 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.