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New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Very Controversial

November 25, 2009

The recent recommendations in cancer screening guidelines are leaving many doctors across the country scratching their heads
Boston (DbTechNo) - The recent recommendations in cancer screening guidelines are leaving many doctors across the country scratching their heads.

It is commonly known that to diagnose cancer, one needs to be tested for it, with one’s chances for survival increasing dramatically the earlier their cancer is actually detected.

First off, it was the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force making waves based on their new breast cancer screening recommendations.

They state that women do not need to begin going for yearly mammograms for breast cancer until they reach 50 years of age, up from 40.

Next it was the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists who recommend that young women should not be screened for cervical cancer until they turn 21.

“There’s appropriate screening and there is the appropriate population that should be getting that screening, and there is the appropriate screening interval,” said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. “We can violate all of those things.”

The AMA are recommending that women not heed the recommendations for the most part, and that they should still be going for mammograms after the age of 40.

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