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...Healthcare Research and Quality, published its recommendations in Annals of Internal Medicine; its decision was based on an analysis of existing trials that looked at the impact of mammography on breast-cancer deaths. The task force further recommended that women between ages 50 and 74 get screened every two years instead of annually, and that doctors no longer urge women to conduct monthly breast self-exams, since the practice does not appear to significantly reduce the risk of death from breast cancer. (See how to prevent illness...
...where does this division leave American women, who have been instructed for nearly two decades to get yearly mammograms starting at age 40? That depends on whether patients and their doctors prefer their screening guidelines to be conservative or not. Experts say that compared with other cancer groups, the USPSTF has traditionally had the most conservative recommendations on mammography screening. In 2002, relying on much of the same data on which it based its new guidelines, the panel called for breast-cancer screening in women ages 40 to 49 every one or two years, even while other groups, including...
...recommendations are based on analyses of two sets of data. In the first analysis the task force examined the results of existing trials on mammography, much of which had not changed since the panel last considered the issue in 2002; this time, however, the data was re-evaluated taking into account the current, and better, understanding of the potential harms associated with mammography - information that shifts the balance of risks versus benefits of screening...
...various screening scenarios. The models were run by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), who compiled data from six cancer centers around the country, and plugged it into 20 separate age- and time-based screening protocols - from screening women ages 49 to 69 every year and every two years, for example, to screening only women ages 60 to 69 every year and every two years as well. By switching from annual to biennial exams, these women would maintain 85% of the screenings' benefit in reducing breast-cancer death, while cutting risks from the test...
...were able to rally in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday and claim a tri-meet victory over two Ivy League opponents, Cornell and Dartmouth...