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Author: Zillah Eisenstein Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 150172388X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 207
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A new understanding of humanity and feminism from the starting point of breast health is the ultimate goal of Zillah Eisenstein's political memoir of her family's experience with breast cancer. The well-known feminist author argues that politics always needs the personal, and that the personal is never enough on its own. Her return to the personal side of the political combines the two for a radicalized way of seeing, viewing, and knowing.The author strives to bring together a critique of environmental damage and the health of women's bodies, gain perspective on the role race plays as a factor in breast cancers and in political agendas, link prevention and treatment, and connect individual support and political change.Eisenstein was sixteen when her forty-five-year-old mother successfully battled breast cancer. Her two sisters, Sarah and Giah, were in their twenties when they were diagnosed, but neither of them survived. She received her own diagnosis when she was forty. Despite her family history, however, Eisenstein rejects the simple argument that genes are simply determining, rather than liable to influence by external factors. She also questions the dominance of the theory that breast cancer is caused by high lifetime exposure to estrogen. Instead, she views breast cancer as an environmental disease, best understood in terms of ecological, racial, economic, and sexual influences on individual women. She uses the term "manmade" to indicate not only industrial carcinogens and other cultural causes, but also the male-dominated and -defined scientific practices of research and treatment.In response, Manmade Breast Cancers offers a retelling of the meaning of breast cancer and a discussion of universal feminist issues about the body. The author says she writes "to discover a more just globe which will treasure the health of all of our bodies." The emotional depth and intellectual breadth of her argument adds new dimensions to how we understand breast cancer.
Author: Zillah Eisenstein Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 150172388X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 207
Book Description
A new understanding of humanity and feminism from the starting point of breast health is the ultimate goal of Zillah Eisenstein's political memoir of her family's experience with breast cancer. The well-known feminist author argues that politics always needs the personal, and that the personal is never enough on its own. Her return to the personal side of the political combines the two for a radicalized way of seeing, viewing, and knowing.The author strives to bring together a critique of environmental damage and the health of women's bodies, gain perspective on the role race plays as a factor in breast cancers and in political agendas, link prevention and treatment, and connect individual support and political change.Eisenstein was sixteen when her forty-five-year-old mother successfully battled breast cancer. Her two sisters, Sarah and Giah, were in their twenties when they were diagnosed, but neither of them survived. She received her own diagnosis when she was forty. Despite her family history, however, Eisenstein rejects the simple argument that genes are simply determining, rather than liable to influence by external factors. She also questions the dominance of the theory that breast cancer is caused by high lifetime exposure to estrogen. Instead, she views breast cancer as an environmental disease, best understood in terms of ecological, racial, economic, and sexual influences on individual women. She uses the term "manmade" to indicate not only industrial carcinogens and other cultural causes, but also the male-dominated and -defined scientific practices of research and treatment.In response, Manmade Breast Cancers offers a retelling of the meaning of breast cancer and a discussion of universal feminist issues about the body. The author says she writes "to discover a more just globe which will treasure the health of all of our bodies." The emotional depth and intellectual breadth of her argument adds new dimensions to how we understand breast cancer.
Author: Zillah R. Eisenstein Publisher: ISBN: 9780801438622 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 189
Book Description
A new understanding of humanity and feminism from the starting point of breast health is the ultimate goal of Zillah Eisenstein's political memoir of her family's experience with breast cancer. The well-known feminist author argues that politics always needs the personal, and that the personal is never enough on its own. Her return to the personal side of the political combines the two for a radicalized way of seeing, viewing, and knowing.The author strives to bring together a critique of environmental damage and the health of women's bodies, gain perspective on the role race plays as a factor in breast cancers and in political agendas, link prevention and treatment, and connect individual support and political change.Eisenstein was sixteen when her forty-five-year-old mother successfully battled breast cancer. Her two sisters, Sarah and Giah, were in their twenties when they were diagnosed, but neither of them survived. She received her own diagnosis when she was forty. Despite her family history, however, Eisenstein rejects the simple argument that genes are simply determining, rather than liable to influence by external factors. She also questions the dominance of the theory that breast cancer is caused by high lifetime exposure to estrogen. Instead, she views breast cancer as an environmental disease, best understood in terms of ecological, racial, economic, and sexual influences on individual women. She uses the term manmade to indicate not only industrial carcinogens and other cultural causes, but also the male-dominated and -defined scientific practices of research and treatment.In response, Manmade Breast Cancers offers a retelling of the meaning of breast cancer and a discussion of universal feminist issues about the body. The author says she writes to discover a more just globe which will treasure the health of all of our bodies. The emotional depth and intellectual breadth of her argument adds new dimensions to how we understand breast cancer. --June L. DeWeese, University of Wisconsin "Feminist Collections"
Author: Pravin Kendrekar Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 3527841172 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 325
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Drug and Therapy Development for Triple Negative Breast Cancer The first comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of modern diagnostic and treatment methods for triple negative breast cancer In Drug and Therapy Development for Triple Negative Breast Cancer, a team of distinguished practitioners delivers an in-depth and authoritative discussion of contemporary methods for treating triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The editors have included material that covers its molecular causes, initial detection, diagnostic tools, treatment procedures, pharmacology, and new and experimental therapies—including nanotherapeutics and photothermal therapies. As the first comprehensive compilation of modern treatment methods for TNBC, this reference is an unmatched source of information about current and future treatment approaches, including machine learning methods for earlier detection and more accurate diagnosis. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to HER receptors in breast cancers Comprehensive explorations of the etiology and therapy of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer and the early-stage diagnosis of breast cancer Application of artificial intelligence to breast cancer diagnosis New insights on the role of DNA replication stress and genome instability in breast cancer Perfect for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemists, Drug and Therapy Development for Triple Negative Breast Cancer will also benefit oncologists and professionals working in the pharmaceutical industry or in hospital settings.
Author: Khalid Shaikh Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030592081 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 107
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This book provides an introduction to next generation smart screening technology for medical image analysis that combines artificial intelligence (AI) techniques with digital screening to develop innovative methods for detecting breast cancer. The authors begin with a discussion of breast cancer, its characteristics and symptoms, and the importance of early screening.They then provide insight on the role of artificial intelligence in global healthcare, screening methods for breast cancer using mammogram, ultrasound, and thermogram images, and the potential benefits of using AI-based systems for clinical screening to more accurately detect, diagnose, and treat breast cancer. Discusses various existing screening methods for breast cancer Presents deep information on artificial intelligence-based screening methods Discusses cancer treatment based on geographical differences and cultural characteristics
Author: Ashlesha Jain Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 981024374X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 350
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The main aim of this book is to present a sample of recent research on the application of novel artificial intelligence paradigms to the diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer. These paradigms include neural networks, fuzzy logic and evolutionary computing. Artificial intelligence techniques offer advantages ? such as adaptation, fault tolerance, learning and human-like behavior ? over conventional computing techniques. The idea is to combine the pathological, intelligent and statistical approaches to enable simple and accurate diagnosis and prognosis.This book is the first of its kind on the topic of artificial intelligence in breast cancer. It presents the applications of artificial intelligence in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and includes state-of-the-art concepts in the field. It contains contributions from Australia, Germany, Italy, UK and the USA.
Author: David Riaño Publisher: Springer ISBN: 303021642X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 431
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2019, held in Poznan, Poland, in June 2019. The 22 revised full and 31 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: deep learning; simulation; knowledge representation; probabilistic models; behavior monitoring; clustering, natural language processing, and decision support; feature selection; image processing; general machine learning; and unsupervised learning.
Author: Pinheiro dos Santos, Wellington Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1799834573 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 357
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Despite success with treatment when diagnosed early, breast cancer is still one of the most fatal forms of cancer for women. Imaging diagnosis is still one of the most efficient ways to detect early breast changes with mammography among the most used techniques. However, there are other techniques that have emerged as alternatives or even complementary tests in the early detection of breast lesions (e.g., breast thermography and electrical impedance tomography). Artificial intelligence can be used to optimize image diagnosis, increasing the reliability of the reports and supporting professionals who do not have enough knowledge or experience to make good diagnoses. Biomedical Computing for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis is a collection of research that presents a review of the physiology and anatomy of the breast; the dynamics of breast cancer; principles of pattern recognition, artificial neural networks, and computer graphics; and the breast imaging techniques and computational methods to support and optimize the diagnosis. While highlighting topics including mammograms, thermographic imaging, and intelligent systems, this book is ideally designed for medical oncologists, surgeons, biomedical engineers, medical imaging professionals, cancer researchers, academicians, and students in medicine, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, and computer science.
Author: Abraham Haim Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9400762208 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 166
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Humans are diurnal organisms whose biological clock and temporal organization depend on natural light/dark cycles. Changes in the photoperiod are a signal for seasonal acclimatization of physiological and immune systems as well as behavioral patterns. The invention of electrical light bulbs created more opportunities for work and leisure. However, exposure to artificial light at night (LAN) affects our biological clock, and suppresses pineal melatonin (MLT) production. Among its other properties, MLT is an antioncogenic agent, and therefore its suppression increases the risks of developing breast and prostate cancers (BC&PC). To the best of our knowledge, this book is the first to address the linkage between light pollution and BC&PC in humans. It explains several state-of-the-art theories, linking light pollution with BC&PC. It also illustrates research hypotheses about health effects of light pollution using the results of animal models and population-based studies.
Author: Hiroshi Fujita Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319078879 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 787
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Breast Imaging, IWDM 2014, held in Gifu City, Japan, in June/July 2014. The 24 revised full papers and 73 revised poster papers presented together with 6 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 122 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on screening outcomes, ultrasound, breast density, imaging physics, CAD, tomosynthesis and ICT and image processing.
Author: Khalid Shaikh Publisher: ISBN: 9783030592097 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book provides an introduction to next generation smart screening technology for medical image analysis that combines artificial intelligence (AI) techniques with digital screening to develop innovative methods for detecting breast cancer. The authors begin with a discussion of breast cancer, its characteristics and symptoms, and the importance of early screening.They then provide insight on the role of artificial intelligence in global healthcare, screening methods for breast cancer using mammogram, ultrasound, and thermogram images, and the potential benefits of using AI-based systems for clinical screening to more accurately detect, diagnose, and treat breast cancer. Discusses various existing screening methods for breast cancer Presents deep information on artificial intelligence-based screening methods Discusses cancer treatment based on geographical differences and cultural characteristics.
Author: Zillah Eisenstein
Author: Zillah Eisenstein
Author: Zillah R. Eisenstein
Author: Pravin Kendrekar
Author: Khalid Shaikh
Author: Ashlesha Jain
Author: David Riaño
Author: Pinheiro dos Santos, Wellington
Author: Abraham Haim
Author: Hiroshi Fujita
Author: Khalid Shaikh