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Guidelines, Process Clash: 2014 Breast Cancer Screening Survey Results
What’s the preferred breast cancer screening modality? When should patients begin screening mammograms? Are guidelines being considered? We compiled the data.
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The breast cancer screening debate is ongoing, but the results of our 2014 Breast Cancer Screening Survey are in. We polled readers from Diagnostic Imaging and obgyn.net to see what clinicians are using and recommending for breast cancer screening.
As expected, mammography is the most preferred method of screening. Part of the controversy about breast cancer screening is the recommended age of biennial screening for average-risked women, which the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends beginning at age 50, however, almost half of our respondents recommend beginning biennial screening at age 40. The USPSTF is in the process of updating their recommendations, which reconsiders the recommended age to begin screening and the effectiveness of screening based on modality.
Almost all respondents (91 percent) recommend supplemental screening for women at high-risk of breast cancer. Ultrasound was the supplemental modality of choice for 37 percent of the respondents, with MRI coming close behind at 35 percent.
New AI-Powered Ultrasound Devices May Enhance Efficiency in Women's Imaging
April 19th 2024One of the features on the new Voluson Signature 20 and 18 ultrasound devices reportedly uses automated AI tools to facilitate a 40 percent reduction in the time it takes to perform second trimester exams.
New Research Examines Socioeconomic Factors with Mammography No-Shows
April 10th 2024Patients with Medicaid or means-tested insurance were over 27 percent more likely to miss mammography appointments, and only 65 percent of women with three of more adverse social determinants of health had a mammography exam in a two-year period covering 2020 and 2021, according to new research and a report from the CDC.
