Clinical Updates - August

August 15, 2017 7:48 AM | Deleted user

Recommendations for breast cancer screening in average risk women have been included in the Practice Bulletins for the  American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The recommendations for screening mammography state the following: "Updated recommendations include that average-risk women be offered screening at age 40, or no later than 50 years. Screening should be continued every one or two years until at least age 75." ACOG encourages shared decision making for all about breast cancer screening decisions. A comparison of breast cancer screening recommendations in average risk women as developed by several recommending bodies can be found here: https://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Practice-Bulletins/Committee-on-Practice-Bulletins-Gynecology/Breast-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-and-Screening-in-Average-Risk-Women

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issues a statement in July recommending against ovarian cancer screening in women without symptoms, stating that clinicians "should not screen for ovarian cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms of the disease". This reaffirms their statement from 2012. This recommendation does not apply to women with BRCA I/II mutations. 


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