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Categories: breast cancer, cancer, mammography, cancer diagnosis

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Institute of Medicine

and

National Research Council

National Cancer Policy Board

and

Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

Policy and Global Affairs Division

Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast

Cancer

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Congressional Briefing

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 -- 12:30 p.m.

430 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.

on

Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

by

Etta D. Pisano, Chief of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, and Member, Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis, a new report from the Institute of Medicine, explores ways in which mortality from breast cancer can be decreased by better detection such as more efficient and accurate screening mammography. It also examines other detection and diagnosis technologies and ways to encourage development and dissemination of new methods.

This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on June 10, 2004 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.