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Medicolegal Aspects of Breast Imaging

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Radiological Diagnosis of Breast Diseases

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The emergence of publicly funded breast cancer screening programs in many countries around the world reflects a scientific basis showing that sufficiently early detection and proper treatment of breast malignancies can favorably impact case fatality rates as well as political, social, and economic forces prioritizing this effort among competing national agendas. Clinical trials from Europe and North America have helped define both the potentials and the limitations of screening programs, as indicated elsewhere in this text. With information available in both scientific and lay publications, women’s awareness of the possibility of early detection of breast cancer is perhaps greater than with respect to any other disease.

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  1. Breast Imaging, Eisenberg Keefer Breast Center, John Wayne Cancer Institute, St. Johns Hospital and Health Center, 1328 22nd Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA

    R. J. Brenner MD, JD (Director, Associate Clinical Professor)

  2. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-6952, USA

    R. J. Brenner MD, JD (Director, Associate Clinical Professor)

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  1. Abteilung fĂĽr Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Krankenhaus Am Urban, DieffenbachstraĂźe 1, 10967, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Friedrich MD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Radiology, University of California Medical Center, Box 1667, San Francisco, CA, 94143-1667, USA

    Edward A. Sickles MD (Professor) (Professor)

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Brenner, R.J. (2000). Medicolegal Aspects of Breast Imaging. In: Friedrich, M., Sickles, E.A. (eds) Radiological Diagnosis of Breast Diseases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60919-0_21

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