medical societies adopted their own screening guidelines without a consensus on age of screening cessation. A population-wide screening effort has largely continued without an upper age limit and with it, a growing body of literature on the harms of screening older women. Reported ...
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It is essential for clinicians to not only review the most recent screening guidelines and recommendations but also be able to identify similarities and differences between the various mammography screening guidelines among medical organizations. The goal of this slideshow is to assist medical ...
Poor adherence to screening recommendations is an important contributing factor to disparities in breast and cervical cancer outcomes among women in the USA. Screening behaviors are multifactorial, but there has been limited focus on how family network beliefs and behaviors influence individual's ...
The major benefits of breast cancer screening are early detection of breast cancer and the subsequent reduction in mortality from the disease. There is however a fine balance between the desirable and undesirable effects. In order to obtain maximum benefit from breast cancer screening, sensitivity ...
Background: In November 2009, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) changed their mammography screening guidelines from recommending a screen every 1-2 years for women older than 40 years. The revised guideline recommends against regular screening for women aged 40-49 and recomme...
Making Sense of Mammography Guidelines More By Len Canter HealthDay Reporter HealthDay TUESDAY, June 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Experts agree that detecting breast cancer early offers a better outlook, but when to start screenings and how often to have them has changed repeatedly. The goal...
Artificial intelligence (AI) in mammography screening has shown promise in retrospective evaluations, but few prospective studies exist. PRAIM is an observational, multicenter, real-world, noninferiority, implementation study comparing the performance of AI-supported double reading to standard double reading...
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For the first time since 2003, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated itsbreast cancer screeningguidelines for women at an average risk of developing the disease. The guidanceis publishedin the October 20 issue ofJAMA. "The biggest change in the guidelines and the one that will be not...