In 2009, an influential panel of medical experts ignited a controversy when they recommended that most women should not begin routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer until the age of fifty, reversing guidelines they had issued just seven years before when they recommended forty as the optimal age to start getting mammograms. While some praised the new recommendation as sensible given the smaller benefit women under fifty derive from mammography, many women's groups, health care advocates, and individual women saw the guidelines as privileging financial considerations over women's health and a setback to decades-long efforts to reduce the mortality rate of breast cancer.
In The Big Squeeze, Dr. Handel Reynolds, a practicing radiologist, notes that this episode was only the most recent controversy in the turbulent history of mammography since its introduction in the early 1970s. In a book written for the millions of women who face the decision about whether to get a mammogram, health professionals interested in cancer screening, and public health policymakers, Reynolds shows how pivotal decisions made during mammography’s initial launch made it all but inevitable that the test would be contentious. He describes how, at several key points in its history, the emphasis on mammography screening as a fundamental aspect of women’s preventive health care coincided with social and political developments, from the women’s movement in the early 1970s to breast cancer activism in the 1980s and ’90s.
At the same time, aggressive promotion of mammography made the screening tool the cornerstone of a huge new industry. Taking a balanced approach to this much-disputed issue, Reynolds addresses both the benefits and risks of mammography, charting debates, for example, that have weighed the early detection of aggressively malignant tumors against unnecessary treatments resulting from the identification of slow-growing and non-life-threatening cancers. The Big Squeeze, ultimately, helps to evaluate the ongoing public health controversies surrounding mammography and provides a clear understanding of how mammography achieved its current primacy in cancer screening.
Описание: Richard Garfield`s `Carnival Of Monsters` is being revamped by VR in 2019! The carnival is coming, ready to amaze with unusual creatures never seen before! As the master of your very own Carnival of Monsters, can you present the audience with the spectacle they demand by capturing the most magnificent menagerie of monsters? The carnival master who can explore the magical lands where these creatures dwell and bring back the finest specimens will know riches and fame galore. But be careful-not all monsters are peaceful, so keep a few hunters on hand to keep them from getting loose! Richard Garfield`s Carnival of Monsters is a card-drafting and set-collecting game for 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up. In this approximately 45-minute game, players draft cards from their hands, trying to collect sets of matching lands so they can capture and display exotic creatures to earn victory points. Along the way, they can hire talented staff to aid their efforts, pursue their own secret goals, or take advantage of fortuitous events. At the end of each season, they must make sure that none of their monsters escape, while the player who can best meet the demands of the audience will be awarded with a bonus!
Автор: Holger Pettersson; Dempsey S. Springfield; William Название: Radiologic Management of Musculoskeletal Tumors ISBN: 1447114205 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447114208 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12157.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: During the last decade the therapeutic approach to musculoskeletal tumors has changed dramatically, from ablative surgery with ampu- tation ofthe limb to reconstructive surgery with transplantation of bone and vessels combined with radio-and chemotherapy.
Автор: Mike Kirby, Kerrie-Anne Calder Название: On-Treatment Verification Imaging: A Study Guide for IGRT ISBN: 1138499919 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138499911 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 16843.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first book dedicated to on-treatment verification imaging, which is now at the heart of radiotherapy planning and treatment delivery. It is written in an accessible manner for both graduate students and trainees as well as established medical physicists and therapeutic radiographers and radiation therapists.
Описание: Conceptual engineering is a newly flourishing branch of philosophy which investigates problems with our concepts and considers how they might be ameliorated: `truth`, for instance, is susceptible to paradox, and it`s not clear what `race` stands for. This is the first collective exploration of possibilities and problems of conceptual engineering.
Автор: Peck Название: Clark`s Essential PACS, RIS and Imaging Informatics ISBN: 1498763235 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498763233 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 4439.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This pocket reference provides the foundations of knowledge in informatics, allowing radiographers to better understand, use and develop more efficient ways of delivering patient care. This practical guide is essential reading for students and qualified radiographers alike.
