Importance Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality for US women. Trials have
established that screening mammography can reduce mortality risk, but optimal screening …

Importance Among all US women, breast cancer is the second most common cancer and the
second most common cause of cancer death. In 2023, an estimated 43 170 women died of …

In its revised Recommendation Statement, 1 the US Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) now recommends that all women undergo routine breast cancer screening every …

Importance Information on long-term benefits and harms of screening with digital breast
tomosynthesis (DBT) with or without supplemental breast magnetic resonance imaging …

Overdiagnosis is the concept that some cancers detected at screening would never have
become clinically apparent during a woman's lifetime in the absence of screening. This …

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) last released recommendations on
breast cancer screening in 2016, when they recommended that most women be screened …

The US Preventive Services Task Force has updated its recommendation for the age when
all women should start mammography screening, lowering it from 50 to 40. 1 This change …

Importance Evolving breast cancer treatments have led to improved outcomes but carry a
substantial financial burden. The association of treatment costs with the cost-effectiveness of …

The goal of screening for breast cancer is to find it early, before it has spread to lymph
nodes, to reduce breast cancer mortality and also to reduce the morbidity of treatment. The …

Background Per American Cancer Society, breast cancer is one of the most prevalent
causes of cancer-related mortality in women in the United States. Different organizations …