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In a new video, breast cancer expert Catherine Dang, M.D., explains the controversy surrounding the revised breast cancer screening guidelines issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force. For the past decade, women have struggled with conflicting recommendations about breast cancer screening. Some medical experts advise beginning routine mammogram screening at age 40, but the task force is now recommending women delay the screening until 50. The task force also recommends women undergo mammograms every two years instead of annually. In the video, Dr. Dang gives her opinion on the new recommendations, published today by the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Dang also is available Jan. 11 and 12 for media interviews about the task force's new guidelines.
Dang, associate director of the Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program in Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, is an expert in treating benign and malignant breast tumors.
For more information and to arrange interviews, please contact Diane Wedner at 310-248-6608 or diane.wedner@cshs.org
Credit: Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute