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Breast Cancer & Therapy
Volume 2, Issue 5 (Suppl)
Breast Can Curr Res, an open access journal
Breast Cancer Congress 2017
October 16-18, 2017
Screening breast cancer: The mammography war
Ashmitha Srinivasan
The University of Texas, USA
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here is established consensus in breast health community that mammography is the mainstay imaging examination for screening
breast cancer. However, there are varied national recommendations among stakeholders and major institutions in the topic of
breast cancer screening. Lack of consensus in screening criteria includes risk stratification, age to initiate screening and the interval
of screening. The differences in practice guidelines are mainly due to variation in design and interpretation of screening trials over
the past decades. As debates for and against the use of screening mammography continue to escalate, both providers and patients are
often confused and wrongly perceive the recommendations as directives. The purpose of this presentation is to review the current
guidelines, analyze the reason for the controversies in screening mammography and shine light on the upcoming trends of future
screening guidelines.
asrinivasan@mdanderson.orgBreast Can Curr Res 2017, 2:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4118-C1-012