New USPSTF mammogram screening guidelines
The US Preventive Services Task Force just published their final recommendations on breast cancer screening (see mammog uspstf recs 2024 JAMA2024 in dropbox, or doi:10.1001/jama.2024.5534) Summary of USPSTF recommendations: -- biennual screening mammogram for women aged 40 to 74 (grade B recommendation) -- insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening mammography in women 75 years or older (grade I statement) -- insufficient evidence to balance the benefits and harms of supplemental screening for breast cancer with breast ultrasound or MRI in women identified as having dense breasts on otherwise negative screening mammogram (grade I statement) -- These recommendations apply to cisgender women (and includes transgender men and non-binary persons) at average risk of breast cancer, but also to those with some factors associated with increased risk (e.g. family history of breast cancer in first-degree relative, or having den...