Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»2187Научная статьяBREAST CANCER SCREENING HISTORYSuleimenovaD. M“Medical University Astana”Danara27@mail.ruRakhimzhanovaR. I“Medical University Astana”-15122016311713614042022Copyright © 2016,2016This paper gives a short review of history of development of mammography as an independent branch of medical radiology. There is a description of a first use of mammography as a breast cancer screening toolby the example of the USA. Difficulties of new technology’s diffusion are also discussed.screeningbreast cancermammographyhistoryскринингмаммографиярак молочной железыистория развития1.Howell, J.D. 1996. Technology in the hospital: transforming patient care in the early twentieth century. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.2.Gold, R.H., L.W. Bassett, and B.E. Widoff. 1990. Highlights from the history of mammography. Radiographics 10:1111-1131.3.Egan, R.L. 1960. Experience with mammography at a tumor institution. American Journal of Roentgenology 75:894-900.4.Patterson, J.T. 1987. The dread disease: Cancer and modern American culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.5.Lerner, B.H. 1998. Fighting the war on breast cancer: debates over early detection, 1945 to the present. Annals of Internal Medicine 129:74-78.6.Haagensen, C.D. 1950. Carcinoma of the breast. New York: American Cancer Society.7.Zuckerman, H.C. 1961. Letter to Jacob Gershon-Cohen, December 28 Courtesy of Herman Zuckerman.8.Stafford, Barbara M. 1992. Body criticism: imaging the unseen in Enlightenment art and medicine. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.9.Sickles, E.A. 1986. Mammographic features of 300 consecutive nonpalpable breast cancers. American Journal of Radiology 146:661-663.10.Shapiro, S., P. Strax, and L. Venet. 1971. Periodic breast cancer screening in reducing mortality from breast cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association 215:1777-1785.11.Bailar, J.C., III, and E.M. Smith. 1986. Progress against cancer? New England Journal of Medicine 314:1226-1232.12.Anonymous. 1973. Changing concepts in managing cancer of the breast. Audio-Digest. Surgery 20:2, January 31, 1973.13.Greenberg, D.S. 1976. X-ray mammography--background to a decision. New England Journal of Medicine 295:739-740.14.Kevles, B.H. 1997. Naked to the bone: medical imaging in the twentieth century. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.15.Anonymous. 1974b. A hectic week for breast cancer researchers. Medical World News, October 25, 19-22.16.Lerner, B.H. 2001. The breast cancer wars: hope, fear and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth century America. New York: Oxford University Press.17.Culliton, B.J. 1976. Breast cancer: second thoughts about routine mammography. Science 193:555-558.18.Cohn, V. 1976. Women avoiding breast cancer test. Washington Post, November 23, A3.19.Mullan, F., and I. Jacoby. 1985. The town meeting for technology: the maturation of consensus conferences. Journal of the American Medical Association 254:1068-1072.20.Greenberg, D.S. 1978. A cancer controversy: did doctor know best? Washington Post, April 4.21.Leitch, A.M. 1999. Breast cancer screening: success amid conflict. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 8:657-672.22.Bassett, L.W. 1996. The regulation of mammography. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI 17:415-423.23.Baker, L.H. 1982. Breast cancer detection demonstration project: five-year summary report. Ca 32:194-225.24.Anonymous. 1997. Breast cancer screening for women ages 4049. NIH Consensus Statement 15:1-35.25.Ransohoff, D.F, and R.P. Harris. 1997. Lessons from the mammography screening controversy: can we improve the debate? Annals of Internal Medicine 127:1029-1034.26.Sox, H.C. 1998. Benefit and harm associated with screening for breast cancer [Editorial]. New England Journal of Medicine 338:1145-1146.27.Elmore, J.G., M.B. Barton, V.M. Moceri, S. Polk, P.J. Arena, and S.W. Fletcher. 1998. Ten-year risk of false positive screening mammograms and clinical breast examinations. New England Journal of Medicine 338:1089-1096.28.Dickersin, K. 1999. Breast screening in women aged 40-49 years: what next? Lancet 353:1896-1897.29.Press, N., J.R. Fishman, and B.A. Koenig. 2000. Collective fear, individualized risk: the social and cultural context of genetic testing for breast cancer. Nursing Ethics 7:237-249.30.Aronowitz, R. 1995. To screen or not to screen: what is the question [Editorial]? Journal of General Internal Medicine 10:295297.31.American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Committee. 2000. Breast cancer screening in older women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 48:842-844.32.Fletcher, S.W. 1997. Whither scientific deliberation in health policy recommendations. New England Journal of Medicine 336:11801183.