No Breast Cancer Screening For Women Aged 40-49, New Canadian Guidelines

Women aged forty to forty-nine should not undergo routine mammography screening for breast cancer, according to new guidelines issued by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which were published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…

Breast Cancer Screening Should Start At 40, And Be Offered Annually, Says American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists

Mammography screening should start when a woman is 40 years old, and should be offered yearly from that age, says the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The new guidelines are in response to the USA’s high breast cancer rate, ACOG added that the death rate can be significantly reduced if breast cancer is detected early…

Mammography Screening Significantly Reduces Breast Cancer Death Rates

Mammography breast cancer screening reduces death rates significantly in the long-term, researchers report in the journal Radiology. A large-scale Swedish trial found that for the benefits to be appreciated, studies need to evaluate screening over the very long term. Professor of cancer screening at Queen Mary, University of London, Stephen W. Duffy, M.Sc…

Study Finds Mammography Screening Reduces Breast Cancer Mortality

Breast cancer screening with mammography results in a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality, according to long-term follow-up results of a large-scale Swedish trial. The results are published online in the journal Radiology. “Mammographic screening confers a substantial relative and absolute reduction in breast cancer mortality risk in the long-term,” said Stephen W. Duffy, M.Sc…

New Breast Screening Guidelines Leave 80% Of Women Uneasy

Over four-fifths of women feel uneasy about being told that routine breast cancer screening for the under 50s is not obligatory. Guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2009 upped the minimum age from which women should routinely be screened for breast cancer from 40 to 50 years, and also said that screening should occur every two years up to the age of 74…

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