Breast cancer screening: meeting the challenges of today and exploring the technologies of tomorrow

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, second to lung cancer.1 In 2014, it is estimated that 232,670 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women and 40,000 women will die of breast cancer.1 Although there was a nearly 7% decrease in the breast cancer incidence rate from 2002 to 2003, attributed to decreased use of combined estrogen-progestin hormone therapy for menopause, incidence rates of invasive and in situ breast cancer were stable from 2006 to 2010.
Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research