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Breast imaging is a clinical subspecialty within the larger field of radiology. One in eight American women will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. According to the American Cancer Society’s estimates, about 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2013, with approximately 40,000 deaths. There are projected to be additional 64,640 new cases of in situ (noninvasive) breast cancer [1]. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women behind only lung cancer. In recent years, increased publicity has made women acutely aware of the risk of developing this disease.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA

    Robert Bronstein M.D., Dillenia Reyes M.D. & Theresa Kaufman D.O.

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Bronstein, R., Reyes, D., Kaufman, T. (2014). Breast Imaging. In: Reinus, W. (eds) Clinician's Guide to Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8769-2_4

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