U-M research challenges change to breast cancer screening recommendations

Posted: Jan 26, 2011 at 5:32 PM







An analysis by a University of Michigan professor challenges a government panel's 2009 recommendation for breast cancer screenings every two years because, the new research found, more frequent mammograms save more lives.

The report in 2009 by the United States Preventive Services Task Force overturned its previous recommendation, in 2002, for annual mammograms for all women 40 and older. Instead, the task force recommended

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