USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Breast Cancer 14 min 15 sec What's New? The USPSTF now recommends screening mammography for women aged 40 to 49 years every 2 years, rather than individualizing the decision in this age group. Other parts of the new recommendation are similar to the 2016...
Journal of women's healthWernli KJ, Arao RF, Hubbard RA, Sprague BL, Alford-Teaster J, Haas JS, et al. Change in Breast Cancer Screening Intervals Since the 2009 USPSTF Guideline. J Womens Health. 2017. DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2016.6076...
For women 40 to 49 years, screening mammography can reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer, but the number of deaths averted is much smaller than it is in older women, and the number of false-positive tests and unnecessary biopsies is higher. In the update, the UPSTF reaffirms its ...
Abstract 37: Understanding the social determinants of guideline-based mammography adherence across race/ethnicity: Results from the 2016 California Health ... Purpose: There is not a consensus concerning recommendations about breast cancer screening which has generated confusion about when and how often ...
Screening for breast cancer: recommendations and rationale This is one in a series excerpted from the Recommendations, and Rationale Statements released by the current U.S. Preventive Services, Task Force (USPSTF). These statements address preventive health services for use in primary care clini......
Serum PSA-based early detection of prostate cancer in Europe and globally: past, present and future Article 16 August 2022 Shared decision making and prostate-specific antigen based prostate cancer screening following the 2018 update of USPSTF screening guideline Article 15 April 2020 References...
The US Preventive Services Task Force is working on a draft recommendation which would lower the age of breast cancer screenings from 50 years to 40 years for women at average risk. USPSTF Suggests Lowering Breast Cancer Screening Age in Draft Recommendation All women should undergo bre...
The US Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending that women aged 30 to 65 years at average risk for cervical cancer can choose to receive a Pap smear alone every 3 years or screening with the high-risk human papillomavirus test al
GRAPHY SCREENING]]>Britta L. Anderson, PhD
An analysis of 1,800 lung cancer screening sites nationwide found that only 1.9% of more than 7 million current and former heavy smokers were screened for lung cancer in 2016, despite United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and ASCO screeni