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Tipping the Balance of Benefits and Harms to Favor Screening Mammography Starting at Age 40 Years
Tipping the Balance of Benefits and Harms to Favor Screening Mammography Starting at Age 40 Years
- Source :
- Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey; August 2012, Vol. 67 Issue: 8 p481-482, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends biennial breast cancer mammography screening for women aged 50 to 74 years. A large body of evidence has shown a favorable balance of benefits and harms for screening in this age group. All current guidelines support this recommendation. However, the US Preventive Services Task Force did not recommend routine screening before age 50 based on the high false-positive rate in younger women. A strategy focused on screening only the younger women at greatest risk of breast cancer would address concerns over the high ratio of harm to benefit.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00297828 and 15339866
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs49141141
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0000418532.21029.ea