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USPSTF finalizes breast cancer screening recommendations

AuntMinnie

APRIL 30, 2024

The decision marks a return of sorts to the task force's 2002 breast cancer screening recommendations, in which the UPSTF recommended that women receive annual or biennial screening beginning at 40. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that all women having mammograms receive notice that their breasts are dense or not dense.

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Editorial criticizes breast screening guidelines, ACR responds

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Harris in his editorial, however, cited randomized controlled trials that influenced the task force’s recommendations in 2002 and 2009 that showed little to no statistically significant reduction in breast cancer mortality in women ages 40 to 49 years. He also wrote that overdiagnosis can be harmful to women.

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USPSTF finalizes breast cancer screening recommendations

Editorial criticizes breast screening guidelines, ACR responds

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