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Review
. 2018 Mar;25(3):343-345.
doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001026.

Screening mammography for average-risk women

Andrew M Kaunitz  1 , JoAnn V Pinkerton  2 , Sujata V Ghate  3 , Andrew M D Wolf  2
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Review

Screening mammography for average-risk women

Andrew M Kaunitz et al. Menopause. 2018 Mar.

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.

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