New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations: Our Take

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

When the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced new recommendations for breast cancer screening, it unleashed a firestorm of controversy. Women across the country joined with many cancer organizations to condemn the new recommendations.

Briefly, the updated recommendations for breast cancer screening include the following:

- Delay mammography until women are 50, rather than beginning at age 40, and perform them every two years except in women with specific risks.

- Stop mammography screening in women 75 years and older.

- Discourage home self breast exams.

- Discourage of use of clinic breast exams.

Obviously, breast cancer screening is a very emotional issue. The opinion of the physicians at Nature Cures Clinic is that we both agree and disagree with aspect of the USPSC recommendations. (more…)

Tags: Breast cancer, breast exam, mammogram, USPSTF
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