Mammography is a routine health screening performed forty million times each year in the United States, yet it remains one of the most deeply contested topics i

Chronicles the various campaigns waged against breast cancer and its effects on women during the last century.

The outlook for women with breast cancer has improved in recent years. Due to the combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammography screening,

" ... An absorbing narrative history of breast cancer told through the heroic stories of women who have confronted the disease."--Back cover.

First Prize, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Breast cancers are now detected earlier and are thus more likely to be confined to the breast itself and regional nodes