1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702929903321

Titolo

Collaboration of FSRG in dietary data collection and analysis for the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span Study ... annual report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

ISSN

2156-0439

Descrizione fisica

: HTML files

Disciplina

394.12

Soggetti

Food habits - Maryland - Baltimore - Longitudinal studies

City dwellers - Health and hygiene - Maryland - Baltimore - Longitudinal studies

Public health - Maryland - Baltimore - Longitudinal studies

Longitudinal studies.

Periodicals.

Maryland Baltimore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"The primary objective [of HANDLS] is to create a representative 20-year longitudinal study of health status across the lifespan focused on investigating the differential influences of race and socioeconomic status on health in an urban population. The study recruits whites and African Americans 30-64 years old from the City of Baltimore, Maryland, in both low and high socioeconomic status. Data collection includes a baseline assessment and five follow-up triennial assessments over approximately 20 years."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962820303321

Autore

Petitti Diana B

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2005

ISBN

0-309-16594-6

0-309-53209-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JoyJanet E <1953-> (Janet Elizabeth)

PenhoetEdward E

Disciplina

616.99449075

Soggetti

Breast - Cancer - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms""; ""Contents""; ""List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Benefits and Limitations of Mammography""; ""3 Improving Breast Cancer Screening Services""; ""4 Understanding Breast Cancer Risk""; ""5 Biologically Based Technologies""; ""6 The Necessary Environment for Research and Development""; ""7 Translating New Technologies into Improved Patient Outcomes""; ""8 Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Breast Cancer Technology Overview""; ""Appendix B Workshop Agendas""

""Appendix C ROC Analysis: Key Statistical Tool for Evaluating Detection Technologies""""Appendix D Common Weaknesses in Study Designs""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The outlook for women with breast cancer has improved in recent years.Due to the combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammographyscreening, breast cancer mortality has decreased steadily since1989. Yet breast cancer remains a major problem, second only to lungcancer as a leading cause of death from cancer for women. To date, nomeans to prevent breast cancer has been discovered and experience hasshown that treatments are most effective when a cancer is detected early,before it has spread to other tissues. These two facts suggest that the mosteffective way to continue reducing the death toll



from breast cancer isimproved early detection and diagnosis. Building on the 2001 report Mammography and Beyond , this new booknot only examines ways to improve implementation and use of new andcurrent breast cancer detection technologies but also evaluates the need todevelop tools that identify women who would benefit most from earlydetection screening. Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving BreastCancer Detection and Diagnosis encourages more research that integratesthe development, validation, and analysis of the types of technologies inclinical practice that promote improved risk identification techniques. Inthis way, methods and technologies that improve detection and diagnosiscan be more effectively developed and implemented.