The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) proposes reducing the recommended start age for routine screening mammograms from 50 to 40, according to a new draft recommendation statement released recently. The last time the task force updated its screening recommendation was in 2016. At that time, USPSTF called for routine screening mammograms to start at age 50. ...
Disparities in Breast Cancer
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LGBTQ+ patients have a higher risk of breast cancer and are more likely to decline their oncologist’s treatment.
A new study reconsiders when women with family history of breast cancer should begin mammogram screening.
Advanced practice nurse Patricia Jakel is highlighting the distressing survival rates for Black women with breast cancer.
A study showed Asian women had the highest risk of not receiving a biopsy after a mammogram identified an abnormality.
Swiss researchers have found that circulating tumor cells are more prone to metastasize during a body's resting phase.
Ongoing research at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Center for Cancer Research has revealed a method of ...
The number of patients who survived after receiving presurgical chemotherapy or surgical removal of breast cancer tissue ...
The genetic makeup of every individual consists of BRCA 1 and 2 (Breast Cancer genes) which are tumor-suppressing genes ...
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