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Screening for Cancer
Publication Date: May 1, 2015
Last Updated: March 14, 2022
High-value care advice
Breast Cancer
Clinicians should discuss the benefits and harms of screening mammography with average-risk women aged 40 to 49 years and order biennial mammography screening if an informed woman requests it.
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Clinicians should encourage biennial mammography screening in average-risk women aged 50 to 74 years.
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Clinicians should not screen average-risk women younger than 40 years or aged 75 years or older for breast cancer or screen women of any age with a life expectancy less than 10 years.
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Clinicians should not screen average-risk women of any age for breast cancer with MRI or tomosynthesis.