A new study found that risk-based screening for breast cancer was as effective as standard annual mammography.

Prior USPSTF recommendations said women should start screening no later than 50. Breast cancer screening guidelines have been finalized by a major task force, bringing the recommended age to 40 for ...

Tailoring breast cancer screening to a woman's individual cancer risk might work better than annual mammograms, researchers ...

A long-awaited study shows that screening for breast cancer with annual mammograms may not always be the best way to catch ...

A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients’ risk, rather than automatically giving annual mammograms, can lower the chance of more ...

University of California, San Francisco investigators led WISDOM, a randomized comparison of risk-based breast cancer screening and annual mammography. Rates of stage ≥IIB breast cancers met a ...

Once again, the ongoing debate about the age women should begin annual breast screening is waging, as breast imaging radiologists, medical associations, and advocacy groups comment on the 2024 U.S.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Breast cancer incidence is increasing among younger women. Early detection is increasingly crucial for those ...

Millions of American women over age 40 receive regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About half of them turn out to have dense breast tissue — which makes screening significantly more ...

A recent article in JAMA Internal Medicine describes a common genetic mutation found in many breast cancer patients who do ...

With one in eight women expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, CCS believes that screening programs should start at age 40. Given that 13% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed ...