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New Guidelines on Breast Cancer Draw Opposition
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... For years, organizations like Breastcancer.org ... have promoted regular screening and an unambiguous message that early detection saves lives. So even though some healthy women were relieved to hear that they might start skipping mammograms with a clear conscience, many cancer advocates rejected the new recommendations.
Some doctors said they would ignore them and continue to advise patients to have mammograms early and often. "I'm riled up; this is a giant step backward and a terrible mistake," said the founder of Breastcancer.org, Dr. Marisa Weiss, an oncologist who practices at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pa.
... The new screening guidelines, issued on Monday by the Preventive Services Task Force of the Department of Health and Human Services, recommend against routine screening mammography in women 40 to 49. They would scale back screening for women 50 to 74, to every other year from annually.
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