-
AJR Am J Roentgenol · Feb 2018
ReviewAge to Begin and Intervals for Breast Cancer Screening: Balancing Benefits and Harms.
- Stamatia Destounis and Amanda Santacroce.
- 1 Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, 170 Sawgrass Dr, Rochester, NY 14620.
- AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Feb 1; 210 (2): 279-284.
ObjectiveScreening mammography has been widely used for breast cancer detection and has been found to decrease mortality, but debate continues. The purpose of this article is to review screening recommendations and the benefits and perceived harms of earlier and more frequent screening.ConclusionAnnual mammography beginning at age 40 decreases mortality. Clinicians should educate women and preserve recommendations for early and annual screening.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..