Experts Recommend Personalized Approach to Breast Cancer Screening

Experts in the US have recommended a risk-based personalized approach to breast cancer screening to ensure improved, safer and less expensive cancer care.

Current 5-year breast cancer survival rates have reached 90% as a result of both improved treatment and screening, but this could still be improved further by taking into account the differences between women with dense breasts, those with a personal history of breast cancer, and carriers of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations for example.

The recommendations presented by the experts from the George Washington University (Washington DC, USA) and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY, USA) include annual screening using both mammography and ultrasound modalities for women aged 40 and older who have a lifetime risk of breast cancer. More...