ACP's new guidance statement on breast cancer screening for average risk women

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https://www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/new-guidance-from-acp-says-all-average-risk-females-aged-50-74-should-undergo-biennial-mammography https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-05116 In summary, biennial screening mammography for women aged 50-74 and shared-decision for those aged 40-49. For stopping breast cancer screening, discuss with women aged 75 and older, and those with a limited life expectancy. For women with dense breast, consider supplemental DBT - MRI and ultrasound not recommended because of unclear risk/benefit profile. ___ This one oughta be interesting, especially from USPTSF, gynecology, oncology, and radiology who currently advise starting screening at age 40. ACP, in their generalist viewpoint, probably weighed the harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment higher, particularly for interventions on breast cancer that would never become meaningful in a woman's lifetime. submitted by /u/ddx-me [link] [comments]

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