Breast Cancer Screening Advice Confusing Following Cancer Society Update, Industry Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The American Cancer Society’s Oct. 20 update to breast cancer screening guidelines for mammograms starting at age 45, rather than its prior recommendation to start at age 40, for average risk women conflicts with other groups’ recommendations, is confusing and potential “risky”, say the imaging industry and some medical groups.
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