Annual breast cancer screening beginning at age 40 and continuing to at least age 79 results in the highest reduction in mortality with minimal risks, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) has submitted joint comments in response to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft recommendations for breast cancer screening. The combined comments acknowledged the proposed move toward screening average risk women beginning at age 40 is a step in the right direction, while objecting to other aspects of the Task Force’s recommendations.
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Breast cancer on the rise in younger U.S. women, reversing decline
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Breast cancer death rates are inching up in American women under age 40 again, after more than two decades of decline, researchers say.
The study authors said they hoped their new report would lead to a deeper look at reasons for the change.
Advertisement Our hope is that these findings focus more attention and research on breast cancer in younger women and what is behind this rapid increase in late-stage cancers, said lead author R. Edward Hendrick. He s a clinical professor of radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, in Aurora.