Madelon L. Finkel, PhD, is professor of population health sciences and director of the Office of Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Female Breast: Its Image and Function through the Ages2. Who Is at Risk for Breast Cancer?3. Screening for Disease: The Pros and Cons4. Screening for Cancer: The Pros and Cons5. Advances in Breast Cancer Detection: What Are the Options?6. Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines7. To Screen or Not to Screen: Changing Advice on Mammography Screening8. Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Which Treatments Are the "Best"?9. Treating Breast Cancer in the 21st Century: Is Precision Targeted Cancer Therapy the Wave of the Future?10. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrated Medicine11. Coping with Breast Cancer12. Physicians and Patients Need to Communicate with Each Other13. You Are Not Alone: Support Groups and Online Forums for Cancer PatientsAppendix: Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for WomenGlossaryNotesIndex

Madelon L. Finkel, PhD, is professor of population health sciences and director of the Office of Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Female Breast: Its Image and Function through the Ages2. Who Is at Risk for Breast Cancer?3. Screening for Disease: The Pros and Cons4. Screening for Cancer: The Pros and Cons5. Advances in Breast Cancer Detection: What Are the Options?6. Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines7. To Screen or Not to Screen: Changing Advice on Mammography Screening8. Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Which Treatments Are the "Best"?9. Treating Breast Cancer in the 21st Century: Is Precision Targeted Cancer Therapy the Wave of the Future?10. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrated Medicine11. Coping with Breast Cancer12. Physicians and Patients Need to Communicate with Each Other13. You Are Not Alone: Support Groups and Online Forums for Cancer PatientsAppendix: Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for WomenGlossaryNotesIndex

Madelon L. Finkel, PhD, is professor of population health sciences and director of the Office of Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Female Breast: Its Image and Function through the Ages2. Who Is at Risk for Breast Cancer?3. Screening for Disease: The Pros and Cons4. Screening for Cancer: The Pros and Cons5. Advances in Breast Cancer Detection: What Are the Options?6. Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines7. To Screen or Not to Screen: Changing Advice on Mammography Screening8. Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Which Treatments Are the "Best"?9. Treating Breast Cancer in the 21st Century: Is Precision Targeted Cancer Therapy the Wave of the Future?10. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrated Medicine11. Coping with Breast Cancer12. Physicians and Patients Need to Communicate with Each Other13. You Are Not Alone: Support Groups and Online Forums for Cancer PatientsAppendix: Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for WomenGlossaryNotesIndex