All women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. There is not enough evidence to decide whether to continue or stop screening in women 75 years or older and what more should be done to screen for breast cancer in women with dense breasts. To learn more...
The recommended age for a mammogram just got 10 years younger. "All women should be screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40," said Dr. Carol Mangione, chief of general internal medicine at UCLA. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Forceis drafting new recommendations. ...
Robert Smith, vice president of screening for the American Cancer Society, said the study findings show that mammograms are still worthwhile after the age of 70. “Breast cancerincidence and mortality increase as women age, and roughly 30 percent of breast cancer deaths each year occur in women ...
to the editor: the editorial by dr kuhl advocated breast mri and other additional screening for breast cancer. however, for younger women there is an important issue of whether the average absolute benefit of any breast cancer screening is worth the harms and the opportunity costs. kuhl ...
Objective The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of different mammography-based breast cancer screening strategies by age to start and stop screening, screening interval, modality, use of supplemental imaging, or personalization of screening for breast cancer o...
Their analysis indicates that screening between 40 and 50 years of age does not show a demonstrable improvement in mortality until women are followed up for 10 to 12 years. They propose that this is merely because after 10 years, women who are initially 40 to 50 years of age ineluctably ...
The new recommendation could cause more harm than benefit The US Preventive Services Task Force has updated its recommendation for the age when all women should start mammography screening, lowering it from 50 to 40.1 This change immediately affects more than 20 million American women and other ...
Breast cancer screening by a combination of clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography is effective in reducing mortality from breast cancer in all age groups for years 40 and above. Mammography is the single most effective method in obtaining the mortality reductions. The CBE should not be...
one mineral density Breast cancer screening after age 69 is more cost-effective if restricted to women with higher bone mineral densityBreast cancer screening after age 69 is more cost-effective if restricted to women with higher bone mineral densitydoi:10.1054/ebog.2001.0227...
We recommend that breast cancer screenings start at age 40, although these decisions should be individualized. Some patients may need screening earlier based onfamily history,personal historyorgenetic predisposition. It's not one-size-fits-all, and it's good to decide with a primary care clinicia...