Screening for Breast Cancer

JAMA. 2024 Jun 11;331(22):1973-1974. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.5535.
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Plain language summary

In this JAMA Patient Page, the US Preventive Services Task Force provides a guide to screening for breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Patient Education Handout

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
  • Breast Density
  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms* / epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms* / ethnology
  • Breast Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Early Detection of Cancer* / methods
  • Female
  • Health Inequities*
  • Humans
  • Mammography* / methods
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • United States / epidemiology
  • White / statistics & numerical data