Digital Mammography
Digital Mammography
Whereas conventional mammography captures images of breast tissue on x-ray film, digital mammography uses computer imaging. This is being implemented across...
What is DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ)?
One in every thousand women who attend for breast screening is diagnosed with DCIS. This is when the breast cancer cells are...
How do we deal with benign breast disease?
The NHS Breast Screening Programme aims to detect breast cancers as early as possible. The Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer Screening has discussed the...
Breast Awareness
Being breast aware
Breast awareness is about encouraging women to become more aware of their bodies generally and to get to know their...
About breast cancer
What is the incidence of breast cancer?
In 2008 there were 47,693 new registrations of breast cancer in women in the UK, and...