Mammographic Density

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Peter Hogg, Judith Kelly and Claire Mercer (eds.)Digital Mammography10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_19 19. Mammographic Density Solveig S. H. Hofvind1  , Gunvor Gipling Waade2, 3   and Sue Astley4   (1) Cancer Registry of Norway and Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences,…

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Recording Clinical and Client Information Prior to Imaging

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Peter Hogg, Judith Kelly and Claire Mercer (eds.)Digital Mammography10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_20 20. Recording Clinical and Client Information Prior to Imaging Bernadette Bickley1   (1) South Staffs Breast Screening, County Hospital, Weston Road, Stafford, ST16 3SA,…

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Screening Programmes for Breast Cancer in Europe

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Fig. 8.1 Implementation of screening programmes for breast cancer in Europe (Adapted for year 2012 [6]) Women aged 50–69 years represent the main target group of mammographic screening programmes in…

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Pain in Mammography

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Fig. 14.1 Pain intensity measurement scales A more sophisticated tool is the McGill Pain Questionnaire, which exists in long and shortened forms [4, 5]. This has the advantage of capturing…

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The Use of Digital Health Technology and Social Media to Support Breast Screening

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Peter Hogg, Judith Kelly and Claire Mercer (eds.)Digital Mammography10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_13 13. The Use of Digital Health Technology and Social Media to Support Breast Screening Leslie Robinson1  , Marie Griffiths2  , Julie Wray3  , Cathy Ure4  , Julie R. Stein-Hodgins5   and Geraldine Shires6   (1)…

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Emotional Intelligence

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Factors Facets High scorers perceive themselves as … Well-being Trait happiness Cheerful and satisfied with their lives Self-esteem Successful and self-confident Trait optimism Confident and likely to ‘look on the…

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Psychological Considerations in Attending for Mammography Screening

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Peter Hogg, Judith Kelly and Claire Mercer (eds.)Digital Mammography10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_10 10. Psychological Considerations in Attending for Mammography Screening Anne Pearson1   and Ashley Weinberg1   (1) Department of Psychology, University of Salford, Frederick Road, Salford, M6…

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Sue’s Story: The Big Journey

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and Colin Cliffe1 (1) North of England, England   Acknowledging that breast cancer has a significant impact on the patient, their relatives and their friends, we, the editors, decided to ask…

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Aetiology and Epidemiology of Breast Cancer

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Fig. 3.1 The 10 most common cancers in females, UK, 2011 (Cancer Research UK, www.​cancerresearchuk​.​org/​cancer-info/​cancerstats/​incidence/​commoncancers/​ October 2014) Breast cancer accounted for 15 % (11,684) of UK female deaths in 2011,…

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