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Screening mammography for average-risk women.

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Kaunitz, AM; Pinkerton, JV; Ghate, SV; Wolf, AMD
Published in: Menopause
March 2018

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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Menopause

DOI

EISSN

1530-0374

Publication Date

March 2018

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

343 / 345

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Assessment
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Middle Aged
  • Mass Screening
  • Mammography
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Age Factors
 

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Kaunitz, A. M., Pinkerton, J. V., Ghate, S. V., & Wolf, A. M. D. (2018). Screening mammography for average-risk women. Menopause, 25(3), 343–345. https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000001026
Kaunitz, Andrew M., JoAnn V. Pinkerton, Sujata V. Ghate, and Andrew M. D. Wolf. “Screening mammography for average-risk women.Menopause 25, no. 3 (March 2018): 343–45. https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000001026.
Kaunitz AM, Pinkerton JV, Ghate SV, Wolf AMD. Screening mammography for average-risk women. Menopause. 2018 Mar;25(3):343–5.
Kaunitz, Andrew M., et al. “Screening mammography for average-risk women.Menopause, vol. 25, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 343–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000001026.
Kaunitz AM, Pinkerton JV, Ghate SV, Wolf AMD. Screening mammography for average-risk women. Menopause. 2018 Mar;25(3):343–345.

Published In

Menopause

DOI

EISSN

1530-0374

Publication Date

March 2018

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

343 / 345

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Assessment
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Middle Aged
  • Mass Screening
  • Mammography
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Age Factors