Computer-aided visualization and analysis (CAVA) research system for breast cancer detection and diagnosis
Gillian M. Newstead, Lina Arbash Meinel, Lina Arbash Meinel, Joseph M. Reinhardt · 2008
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers, and accounts for 26% of all female cancers in the United States of America (USA). It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women today (after lung cancer) and is estimated to cause 15% of cancer deaths. Approximately 1.3 million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer yearly worldwide and 465,000 of those will die from the disease [1]. Death rates in the USA have dropped regularly since the early 1990s. This can be attributed to earlier detection with screening mammography and more effective treatment. Nonetheless, it is expected that when fi gures become available there will have been 40,910 breast cancer deaths (450 males, 40,460 females) in 2007 in the USA [2]. Screening