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Mammography Screening Guidelines in Average Risk Women


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References Cited
1. Monticciolo DL, Newell MS, Moy L, Niell B, Monsees B, Sickles EA. Breast Cancer Screening in Women at Higher-Than-Average Risk: Recommendations from the ACR. J Am Coll Radiol 2018; 15:408-414;
2. Stapleton SM, Oseni TO, Bababekov YJ, Hung Y, Chang DC. Race/Ethnicity and Age Distribution of Breast Cancer Diagnosis in the United States

RESOURCES

American College of Radiology (ACR)/Society of Breast Imaging (SBI)
Lee CS, Monticciolo DL, Moy L. Screening Guidelines Update for Average-Risk and High-Risk Women. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2020; 214:316-323
Monticciolo DL, Newell MS, Moy L, Niell B, Monsees B, Sickles EA. Breast Cancer Screening in Women at Higher-Than-Average Risk: Recommendations from the ACR. J Am Coll Radiol 2018; 15:408-414
See also: Breast Cancer Screening in Women at Higher-Than-Average Risk: Recommendations from the ACR, 2018
ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Breast Cancer Screening, J Am Coll Radiol 2017;14:S383-S390.

American Cancer Society (ACS)
Oeffinger KC, Fontham ET, Etzioni R, et al. Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update from the American Cancer Society. JAMA. 2015;314(15):1599-614.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SKh6Tm2HZs&feature=youtu.be
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-early-detection/american-cancer-society-recommendations-for-the-early-detection-of-breast-cancer.html

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-bulletin/articles/2017/07/breast-cancer-risk-assessment-and-screening-in-average-risk-women
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2015/03/management-of-women-with-dense-breasts-diagnosed-by-mammography

American Medical Association (AMA)
https://policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder/detail/RES%20803-I-18?uri=%2FAMADoc%2FHOD.xml-0-4729.xml
https://policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder/detail/RES%20803-I-18?uri=%2FAMADoc%2FHOD.xml-0-4713.xml
https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media-browser/public/about-ama/councils/Council%20Reports/council-on-science-public-health/a12-csaph6-screeningmammography.pdf

American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS)
https://www.breastsurgeons.org/docs/statements/Position-Statement-on-Screening-Mammography.pdf, 2019

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
https://www.nccn.org/login?ReturnURL=https://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/breast-screening.pdf

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening

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