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Critics slam Canadian breast screening guidelines

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Breast imaging organizations and political bodies are criticizing updated guidelines on breast cancer screening by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC). Additionally, the guidelines do not recommend supplemental imaging in women with dense breasts or women with a personal family history of breast cancer.

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Cancer Screenings Have Saved the US at Least $6.5 Trillion, Study Estimates

Imaging Technology

senior author of the study and a professor of internal medicine and public health at U-M. “A A substantial number of Americans who could benefit from early detection of these four cancers use are not screened, even though the screening tests must be provided without any out-of-pocket costs for almost everyone with health insurance.”