The New USPSTF Mammography Recommendations — A Dissenting View
Steven Woloshin, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, Shelley Hwang, H. Gilbert Welch
Abstract
Interview with Steven Woloshin on an updated U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation regarding the starting age for mammography screening. (06:33)Download The evidence for breast cancer screening of women in their 40s is insufficient to support a new public health imperative, given the uncertain benefits and common harms for healthy women.
Topics & Concepts
Dissenting opinionMammographyTask forceMammography screeningMedicineScreening mammographyBreast cancerPublic healthTask (project management)Family medicineGynecologyCancerPolitical scienceNursingInternal medicineLawPublic administrationEconomicsManagementGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionCervical Cancer and HPV Research