This report is the latest in the BreastScreen Australia monitoring report series, which is published annually to provide regular monitoring of national participation and performance for BreastScreen Australia. This report provides data for the 2009-2010 period of participation in BreastScreen Australia, as well as the latest available breast cancer incidence and mortality data (from sources outside BreastScreen Australia).

The second edition of the leading Australian text Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment has been carefully revised and updated to reflect current skills critical to the practice of registered nurses in an Australian and New Zealand context. Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment incorporates the most up-to-date research data, clinical practice, policies and procedures. Authors Helen Forbes and Elizabeth Watt skillfully embed prominent nursing concepts throughout including; patient-centered care, cultural and social considerations, health promotion and disease prevention, as well as the individual across the lifespan. Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment is the ideal tool for undergraduate nursing students, registered nurses and experienced practitioners wishing to develop and refine their health assessment skills. Comprehensively addresses approaches to the context of health assessment in nursing, key functional areas of health assessment and assessment tools and techniques Spelling, terminology, measurements, cultural and social considerations, clinical procedures and best practice updated to reflect the most recent Australian and New Zealand guidelines and protocols Summary checklists for all nursing and health professional examination techniques Part of a comprehensive and revised learning package including Pocket Companion Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health Assessment 2e and Student Laboratory Manual Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health Assessment 2e Revised Table of Contents - increased focus on relevance of the health assessment areas to the functional status of the person Common laboratory studies (including normal values) added to objective data tables where relevant New chapter on focused assessment integrating clinical decision-making and clinical reasoning New chapter on substance abuse assessment New chapter on the complete health assessment - outlines the application of various frameworks for health assessment (head to toe, body systems, functional) Clearly identified health assessment skills for beginning and advanced nursing practice Revised online learning and teaching resources available on evolve Revised clinical case studies which illustrate documentation and critical thinking related to the chapter focus.

Includes separate statistics based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.

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In this volume, the topics are constructed from a variety of contents: the bases of mammography systems, optimization of screening mammography with reference to evidence-based research, new technologies of image acquisition and its surrounding systems, and case reports with reference to up-to-date multimodality images of breast cancer. Mammography has been lagged in the transition to digital imaging systems because of the necessity of high resolution for diagnosis. However, in the past ten years, technical improvement has resolved the difficulties and boosted new diagnostic systems. We hope that the reader will learn the essentials of mammography and will be forward-looking for the new technologies. We want to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation?to all the co-authors who have contributed their work to this volume.

​The book covers the entire gamut of breast diseases including all necessary dimensions, such as radiology, pathology, surgery and oncology. It provides a complete spectrum from clinical scenario, imaging investigations and interventions, final histopathological diagnosis and complete treatment plan from medical, surgical and radiation to follow up protocols. It discusses about common and uncommon varied breast diseases encompassing all necessary specialties. It includes stepwise pictorial descriptions of ‘must know’ in breast lesions. It presents high resolution images of the latest technologies in radiology and pathology based on typical case scenarios. The book features special chapters on recent updates and innovative technologies used in imaging, pathology and management of breast diseases. It contains line diagrams and flow charts for quick reading and easy understanding, to be practically implemented as and when required in any concerned specialties. The book is useful for consultants in radiology, pathology, general surgeons, onco-surgeons, super specialists and fellows in breast diseases, and postgraduates in these fields.