The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening mammography, with or without clinical breast examination, every 1-2 years for women aged 40 and older.
The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine clinical breast examination (CBE) alone to screen for breast cancer.
The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against teaching or performing routine breast self-examination (BSE).
The USPSTF Recommendations and Rationale—as well as the Summary of Evidence, a press release, fact sheets, and a Webcast—are available below.
Current as of February 2002
Internet Citation:
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Breast Cancer. February 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/breastcancer/
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