Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention (Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments)

This book presents and discusses research in the study of breast cancer diagnosis and prevention. Topics discussed include strategies for the prevention of breast cancer; health benefits and breast cancer screenings; access to mammography facilities; the reduction in the risk of human breast cancer by selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors and breast cancer perceptions; and, knowledge among women living in a rural community. Strategies for prevention of breast cancer / Ruchi Tandon and Ian S. Fentiman Health beliefs and breast cancer screening : applying the stage-of-change models / M. José Galdón ... [et al.] Breast cancer perceptions, knowledge, and behavioral practices among women living in a rural community / Saleh M.M. Rahman and Selina Rahman Access to mammography facilities and detection of breast cancer by screening mammography : a GIS approach / Selina Rahman ... [et al.] Access to mammography facilities and breast cancer stage at diagnosis : does geographic distance predict? / Saleh M.M. Rahman ... [et al.] Reduction in the risk of human breast cancer by selective cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) inhibitors : final results of a case control study / Randall E. Harris, Joanne Beebe-Donk and Galal A. Alshafie.