Screening mammography for average-risk women

Menopause. 2018 Mar;25(3):343-345. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001026.

Abstract

This Practice Pearl describes an approach to screening mammography for average-risk women that encourages the use of shared decision-making that addresses benefits (early diagnosis and decreased mortality) and potential harms (false positives and overdiagnosis/overtreatment) in determining screening mammography initiation, frequency, and duration for women at average risk of breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Early Detection of Cancer*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mammography / standards*
  • Mass Screening
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Assessment