Inhis commentary titled “BreastCancerPrevention:CanWomen’s Expectations Be Met?” [1], Dr. Ponzone raises an important and timely question. Dr. Ponzone asks whether breast “cancer prevention”and“earlydetection”areattainablegoalsandwhether these phrases have the samemeaning to women at risk of breast canceras tohealthprofessionals.This is a critically important issue, because researchers andhealt...

Cancer advocacy has reached a pivotal point. When PresidentNixondeclared“WaronCancer”bysigning the National Cancer Act in 1971, advocates advanced a narrative that suffering and death from cancer should not be accepted; cancer should be fought and eradicated. Since then,nonprofit andacademic institutionshave focused their research and marketing strategies on prolonging survival, via cure and pr...

background: breast cancer is one of the most important diseases in females. malaysian women have not excluded. according to the malaysian oncology society [1], about 4% of women (who are 40 years old and above) have involved by breast cancer. masses and microcalcifications are two important signs for breast cancer diagnosis on mammography. according to our estimation, radiologists could diagnos...