BCSC's Karla Kerlikowske publishes Annals of Internal Medicine editorial on breast cancer screening strategies
Editorial describes how combining risk factors with breast density to determine age and frequency of breast cancer screening maximizes benefits and minimizes harms
Risk-based screening combines risk factors such as age, breast density, and family history of breast cancer to develop strategies of when to start screening and how often to screen. An editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine describes why a risk-based screening approach that measures breast density one time at age 40 is not the best approach to decide on age to start screening or screening frequency. Effective risk-based screening strategies that maximize the benefits and minimize the harms of screening combine breast density with other risk factors such as age, family history of breast cancer, and history of breast biopsy, to determine age to start screening and screening frequency.
Find the editorial here: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-0398
Read an article featuring the editorial here: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945472
Posted by: Carolyn Eng