Le dépistage du cancer du sein : un enjeu de santé publique = Breast cancer screening: a public health issue
- Author
- Brigitte Séradour
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- French
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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Fifteen years after the first experiments, the breast cancer screening program was rolled out in France in 2004. It is aimed at more than eight million women aged 50 to 74. Public health action on such a scale is exemplary in Europe and especially in France where the health system is not centralized. The new edition of this book takes stock of the current state of the program and its initial results. It updates technical and radiological aspects, assessment indicators, communication and forensic problems and finally the progress of foreign programs. The history of the French program is detailed from the 1990s until 2006, with the publication of the latest version of the specifications by the Directorate General of Health. The short and medium term objectives are re-specified: to increase the participation of women, to retain them and to further improve the quality of practices. The challenge is to combine the performance of screening and therapeutic management to finally achieve a clear reduction in mortality, which has remained stable for twenty years.
Keywords: Medicine / Imaging / Radiology / Diagnostic Radiology / Oncology / Tumor / Cancer / Cancer du sein / Classification / Dépistage / Mammographie / Breast cancer / Classification / Screening / Mammography
