Huge Government Changes in Breast Cancer Screening
November 17th, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Huge changes in breast cancer screening have recently been announced by a government appointed task force, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). But the American Cancer society is highly critical of the new guidelines.
The USPSTF now says average-risk women between the ages of 40 and 50 don’t need a mammogram, and those between the ages of 50 and 74 [...]
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