Breast cancer has a considerable impact on public health in the United States, and early detection through regular screening efforts has been critical in improving long-term outcomes for individuals affected by the disease. For most women, screening recommendations include regular self breast ...
The USPSTF carefully weighs both the benefits and harms of a preventive service as it makes its recommendations and currently concludes, as it has in the past, that the benefits of breast cancer screening outweigh the harms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 years. The most recent ...
To learn more, view thefull USPSTF breast cancer screening recommendation. The USPSTF also has recommendations onBRCA-related cancer preventionandmedication use to reduce risk of breast cancer. For More Information The US Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national exp...
Special Communication 2015 Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations for Women at Average Risk Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD; Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, MPH, DrPH; Ruth Etzioni, PhD; Abbe Herzig, PhD; James S. Michaelson, PhD; Ya-Chen Tina Shih, PhD; Louise C. Walter, MD; Timothy R. Church, ...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendations for breast cancer screening today in an attempt to clear up some of the confusion. The group recommends that women at average risk for breast cancer should have amammogramevery other year beginning at age 50 up...
"What these recommendations are reaffirming is that mammography is an important tool in preventing deaths from breast cancer, and that the value of mammography increases with age," said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, vice cochair of the USPSTF. Women 50 to 74 years "are the ones most lik...
clinicians and patients, and identifying key research priorities. In this issue ofJAMA, Oeffinger et al1present updated breast cancer screening recommendations from the American Cancer Society (ACS), an influential voice in cancer policy and clinical care in the United States for more than 100 ...
screening recommendations, as both factors have been associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer. That's why, Guthrie said, it's best for women to have conversations with their doctors about their own personal medical and family history and what might be best for them ...
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Table 1. Breast cancer screening recommendations in average-risk women. Table 2. Breast cancer screening recommendations in high-risk women. 3. Screening Recommendations for Women at Average Risk 3.1. Recommendations for Women at 25–39 Years In the 25–39 age range, three guidelines (ACOG, AS...