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B REAST CANCER is the most common malignancy in women. At least 180,000 new cases were diagnosed in 1997, more than double that of the next most common neoplasm, lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society over 40,000 American women succumb to this disease each year. Early detection of breast cancer by routine mammographic screening of women without clinical signs or symptoms facilitates earlier treatment and has enhanced survival. As pointed out by Dr. Steve Feig in his introductory article, randomized clinical trials of mammography have definitively proven its efficacy in reducing death rates from breast cancer. Unfortunately many cancers remain undetected despite the availability and use of good mammographic technique and interpretation | Seminars ìn NUCLEAR MEDICINE LEONARD M. FREEMAN MD and M. DONALD BLAUFOX MD PhD Editors Seminars in Nuclear Medicine ISSN 0001-2998 is published quarterly by . Saunders Company. Months of issue are January April July and October. Corporate and Editorial Offices The Curtis Center Independence Square West Philadelphia PA 19106-3399. Accounting and Circulation Offices . Saunders Company 6277 Sea Harbor Dr Orlando FL 32887-4800. Periodicals postage paid at Orlando FL 32862 and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER Send change of address to Seminars in Nuclear Medicine . Saunders Company Periodicals Department 6277 Sea Harbor Dr Orlando FL 32887-4800. Editorial correspondence should be addresssed to Dr Leonard M. Freeman Department of Nuclear Medicine Montefiore Medical Center 111 E 210 St Bronx NY 10467 or to Dr M. Donald Blaufox Albert Einstein College of Medicine Nuclear Medicine 1695-A Eastchester Rd Bronx NY 10461. Editorial correspondence regarding Gamuts should be addressed to Robert c. Stadalnik MD University of California Davis Sacramento Medical Center Sacramento CA 95616. Correspondence regarding subscriptions or change of address should be directed to . Saunders Company Periodicals Department 6277 Sea Harbor Dr Orlando FL 32887-4800. Change of address notices including both the old and new addresses of the subscriber should be sent at least one month in advance. Customer Service 800 654-2452 outside the United States and Canada 407 345-4000. Yearly subscription rates United States and possessions individuals institutions students residents single issues . All other countries individuals institutions students residents single issues . For all areas outside the United States and possessions there is no additional charge for surface delivery. For air mail delivery add . Students and residents to receive student resident rate orders must be accompanied by name of affiliated institution date of