New USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Are NOT For Black Women!
New USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Are NOT For Black Women! New USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Are NOT For Black Women! Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)—a panel of experts that issues guidelines about preventative care—posted a draft recommendation that all women start bi-annual (every other year) routine breast cancer screening at 40 years old. This is a ten year jump from the task force's previous recommendation of starting breast screening at 50. "I think it's a small step in the right direction after a huge step in the WRONG direction," says Dr. Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS—Medical Director at Grand View Health/ Penn Cancer Network. "When their last recommendations were released in 2016, it did more harm than good in a few ways. Besides recommending against self-breast exams, it spur...
