Breast Calcification: A Diagnostic Manual

by Andy Evans (Editor), Ian Ellis (Editor), Sarah Pinder (Editor)

Screening for breast cancer is now an accepted part of healthcare practice in many parts of the world. However, the advent of mass screening has brought with it the need for rapid and accurate diagnosis. Breast calcifications in particular are commonly misinterpreted, and definitive diagnosis of whether such calcifications represent benign or malignant conditions is extremely difficult, as the calcifications can easily be missed, or their shape (which is critical in diagnosis) misinterpreted. This book aims to provide a practical understanding to the diagnosis and treatment of breast calcification and will be essential reading for all members of the breast screening team, including pathologists, radiologists and surgeons. The multidisciplinary group of authors first cover in detail the main pathologies that present with calcification, and go on to describe the techniques of fine needle aspiration and core biopsy and large bore biopsy sampling of tissue, reporting procedures, radiological management of calcification and clinical aspects of the diagnosis of breast calcification. The second part of the book looks at some of the most recently adopted methodologies for diagnosis such as high frequency ultrasound, computer aided diagnosis and the roles of MRI and synchrotron radiation.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

Andy Evans was born in the gritty coal mining communities of West Yorkshire England.
After leaving school at the age of sixteen he followed the generations of school leavers before him to work in the local coal mines.
Following the demise of the coal mining industry he now works within the Criminal Justice System.
Andy is married with two children and has a granddaughter, Ava. He continues to live in his native West Yorkshire.

Vesna Kovac was born and raised in her native homeland of Bosnia.
Her home town is Novi Travnik. After leaving school she went onto graduate as an engineer at the Military Academy in Zagreb, Croatia and went onto work at the Bratstvo Armaments factory in Novi Travnik.
She remained in Bosnia until the end of the war and now lives in the USA with her husband and two sons.