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Screening mammography for average-risk women

Kaunitz, Andrew M. MD, FACOG, NCMP; Pinkerton, JoAnn V. MD, FACOG, NCMP; Ghate, Sujata V. MD; Wolf, Andrew M.D. MD

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1University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville

2University of Virginia School of Medicine

3Duke University School of Medicine.

Accepted 18 September, 2017

Menopause 25(3):p 343-345, March 2018. | DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001026

Abstract

This Practice Pearl describes an approach to screening mammography for average-risk women that encourages the use of shared decision-making that addresses benefits (early diagnosis and decreased mortality) and potential harms (false positives and overdiagnosis/overtreatment) in determining screening mammography initiation, frequency, and duration for women at average risk of breast cancer.

© 2017 by The North American Menopause Society

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