Breast Cancer Screening Sources
Sources for breast cancer screening and mammography information
Breastcancer.org
This is the official web site of breastcancer.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing medically accurate, easy-to-understand information about all aspects of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Cancer News on the Net
Cancer News on the Net is dedicated to bringing patients and their families the latest news and information on cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention, including a breast cancer category.
Imaginis
Breast cancer source. Imaginis' mission is to provide you with the most reliable, in-depth information on breast cancer and related women's health issues.
National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute's website provides information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy.
RadiologyInfo
RadiologyInfo is designed to answer questions related to many radiologic procedures and therapies available. The web site provides families with information whether they are preparing for a baseline mammogram, learning about children's x-ray, or researching radiation oncology (cancer therapy) procedures.
American College of Radiology
American College of Radiology (ACR) web site. For more than 75 years, the ACR has been a leader in the field of radiology, providing its members with vital education, research, scientific information, and advocacy to continually advance the profession and enhance patient care.
Radiology Society of North America
RSNA.org is the main web site for the Radiology Society of North America, a nonprofit medical society with more than 33,000 members. It is used by physicians and other health care professionals, journalists, educators, librarians, and others.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization. The goal of the American Cancer Society is to prevent cancer, save lives, and diminish suffering from cancer.
The ACS reported in its Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2009-2010 released on September 20, 2009 that 'the breast cancer death rate in the U.S. has decreased more than 2% per year since 1990, and the rate of decline among African-American and Hispanic women is similar to the decrease among white women.'
Death rates for the disease remain 40% higher in African-American women compared to white women, the society said, and African-American women have a higher incidence of late-stage cancer and experience larger tumors. The ACS estimated that 192,370 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and 40,170 women will die from the disease.
In 2002 and 2003, breast cancer incidence rates sharply decreased, especially among women ages 50 to 69 which the ACS attributed to a drop in menopausal hormone use.
Despite the relatively good news, the ACS urged clinicians to continue the effort to provide all women with access to early breast cancer screening, detection and treatment.
Susan G. Komen For the Cure
Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
The mission of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone.
Mammographic Image Analysis
Mammographic image analysis contains information in the area of mammographic image analysis. It was developed to become the information pool for the mammographic image analysis research community.
CAD for Mammography Events
RSNA 2009
November 29-December 4, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
IWDM - International Workshop on Digital Mammography
June 16-18, 2010
Girona, Spain
ECR - European Congress of Radiology
March 4-8, 2010
Vienna, Austria
ACR - American College of Radiology National Conference on Breast Cancer
April 9-11, 2010
Palm Desert, CA
SIIM - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine Annual Meeting
June 3-6, 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CARS - Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
June 23-26, 2010
Geneva, Switzerland
