Computerized Image Analysis of Mammographic Microcalcifications: Diagnosis and Prognosis
N Moskalenko Anna, Nikolaos S., Spyros Gerou, George S., Lena I. · InTech eBooks · 2012
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today (after lung cancer) and is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women, excluding skin cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated of 230,480 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2011; about 2,140 new cases are expected in men. In addition to invasive breast cancer, 57,650 new cases of in situ breast cancer are expected to occur among women in 2011. Of these, approximately 85% will be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). An estimated 39,970 breast cancer deaths (39,520 women, 450 men) are expected in 2011. Death rates for breast cancer have steadily decreased in women since 1990, with larger decreases in women younger than 50 (a decrease of 3.2% per year) than in those 50 and older (2.0% per year), representing progress in both earlier detection and improved treatment.