Gilda Cardenosa - Breast Imaging Companion

BREAST IMAGING COMPANION

THIRD EDITION

BREAST IMAGING COMPANION

THIRD EDITION

Gilda Cardeosa, MD

Veronica Donovan Sweeney Professor of Breast Imaging
Director of Breast Imaging

Department of Radiology

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
Richmond, Virginia

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Third Edition

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2001 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Second Edition). 1997 by Lippincott-Raven (First Edition).

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cardenosa, Gilda.

Breast imaging companion / Gilda Cardenosa. 3rd ed.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-6491-9

ISBN-10: 0-7817-6491-2

1. BreastCancerDiagnosis. 2. BreastImaging. I. Title.

[DNLM: 1. Breast DiseasesradiographyHandbooks. 2. Mammography Handbooks. WP 39 C266b 2008]

RC280.B8C366 2008

616.99'449075dc22

2007037067

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I dedicate the third edition of this book to

The memory of my mother Gilda Paniza Cardeosa (19232003).

Her unwavering determination to give me every possible opportunity against significant odds, brought unique adventures spanning continents and cultures and now a cache of memories few can rival. She was tenacious in her beliefs that there is nothing like the American Dream, and the unalienable rights afforded citizens in this country, and that it could be ours, if we remained true to ourselves and worked hard. She was right.

We made it beyond our wildest imagination; she was quite a lady.

My father Ricardo Cardeosa Barriga

and

Dr. Regina OBrien