History of mammography 1

Question 1

Since the introduction of the Radical mastectomy, mammography is the single most important innovation in breast cancer control.

Answer 1

1898

Question 2

• Breast cancer was the leading cause of death from cancer of a woman between the ages of 39 – 45.

Answer 2

1984

Question 3

• reported the radiographic appearance of breast cancers and described the mechanism of how breast cancer spread, based on x-ray studies of cancerous breast removed at surgery.

Answer 3

1913

Question 4

( German Physician) reported the radiographic appearance of breast cancers and described the mechanism of how breast cancer spread, based on x-ray studies of cancerous breast removed at surgery.

Answer 4

Soloman

Question 5

The first published radiograph of a living person’s breast

Answer 5

1927

Question 6

The first published radiograph of a living person’s breast was made by

Answer 6

Kleinschmidt

Question 7

• mammography was refined to the point of being a reliable clinical tool.

Answer 7

1950s

Question 8

– the Du Pont Company first introduced high resolution, faster speed x-ray film in combination with an intensifying screen.

Answer 8

1970

Question 9

• Improved film screen combinations were developed by both KODAK and DU PONT, by this time extremely high- quality mammography image could be produced with very low patient radiation exposure.

Answer 9

1975

Question 10

– Implement the Breast Cancer Detection Demosntration Project ( BCDDP)

Answer 10

1973

Question 11

A project were in 280, 000 woman underwent annual screening for breast cancer.

Answer 11

Breast Cancer Detection Demosntration Project ( BCDDP)

Question 12

The evidences that breast irradiation can increase the breast cancer:

Answer 12

1. The population exposed to the atom bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2. A group of women with tuberculosis who received multiple fluoroscopic examination of the chest.
3. A group of women who were treated with radiation for postpartum mastitis.

Question 13

Average exposure according to BCDDP in mammogram using:

Xerogram =
Film-Screen mammogram =

Answer 13

Xerogram = 0.37 rad
Film-Screen mammogram = 0.04 rad

Question 14

The mammogram is an excellent tool for the detection of breast cancer, but and it also diagnose breast cancer. T OR F?

Answer 14

F. it doesnt diagnose

Question 15

Women between the ages 40 and 50s should have an annual or biannual mammogram, and women between the ages of 35 and 40 should have baseline mammogram.T OR F?

Answer 15

T