For Breast Cancer, When to Screen or Not to Screen? That is the Question Plaguing the Minds of U.S. Women—and their Clinicians

Representatives from American Cancer Society, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force deliberated recent controversies in breast cancer screening recommendations. In 2015, American Cancer Society (ACS) caused quite a stir in the oncology community-and among women in general-with the updated recommendation that women of average risk for breast cancer should commence annual mammography at age 45. Previously, ACS recommended that mammography begin at...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news