The guidelines by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) entitled
“Recommendations on screening for breast cancer in averagerisk women aged 40–74 …

I commend the CA journal and Drs. Mettlin and Smart for publishing an article explaining the
American Cancer Society breast cancer screening guidelines. 1 However, I'd like to clarify …

Description: Update of the 2002 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
recommendation statement on screening for breast cancer in the general population …

Methods The task force is an independent panel of clinicians and methodologists that makes
recommendations on primary and secondary prevention in primary care (www …

Methods The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is an independent panel of
clinicians and methodologists with expertise in prevention, primary care, literature synthesis …

2015). The evidence demonstrated that screening mammography in women aged 40 to 69
years is associated with a reduced number of breast cancer deaths. However, in younger …

Women at average risk of developing breast cancer should begin regular screening with
mammography at age 45 years and transition to screening every 2 years starting at age 55 …

During the last 25 years, mammography screening for women under age 50 has been one
of the most intensely debated topics in medicine. American and European perspectives on …

The USPSTF concluded maximal benefit in breast cancer mortality with least harms can be
achieved with biennial mammography screening commenced at age 50 and continuing until …

The issue addressed by the Guidelines Workshop centered on the questions,“Should the
American Cancer Society Guidelines for breast cancer screening remain unchanged? If not …