In September 2024, new guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that all women receive information about their breast density following a mammogram. This change aims to empower women with more knowledge about their breast health, but the new information could also cause ...
A woman gets a mammogram. All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot. The new requirements, finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration, are aimed at standardizing the informa...
Expert challenges new mammogram guidelines; screening should start at age 40, not 50 as U.S. task force recommends, Harvard radiologist says.Goodwin, Jenifer
The new guidelines suggested that regular breast cancer screening start at age 50 rather than 40, where some critics claim that the guidelines are politically motivated. Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, states that the benefits of the guidelines will include less ...
Federal Drug Administration officials have released new standards to help women detect breast cancer earlier. Mammogram providers will now be required to inform women if they have dense breast tissue. Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer for Veryw
Publication: Austin American-Statesman May 02, 2019 Following updated breast cancer screening guidelines from the American College of Physicians and varying recommendations from other medical organizations, Dr. Julie Sprunt of Texas Breast Specialists–Austin shared guidance on wh...
New guidelines on mammograms and varying advice on when to start screening and how often to have it have left some women feeling angry and confused. On Tuesday,the American Cancer Society announced a major shift, recommending that most women have an annual mammogram starting at age 45, rather ...
"Perhaps the committee got lost in all the data and all the science, and didn't appreciate exactly what the message would be, because I don't think their intent was necessarily to discourage women 40 to 44 from having a mammogram," Lee said. ...
According to new FDA guidelines, beginning September 10, 2024, mammography facilities must provide all patients receiving a mammogram with one of two Federal breast density notification statements (either “not dense” or “dense”). Additionally, ...
technology could replace many of the existing mammography systems in common use today. With MammoCAT, Fischer seeks to solve imaging problems associated with dense breasts and reduce non-compliance with mammography guidelines due to painful breast compression....