Changes to the US Preventive Services Task Force Screening Guidelines and Incidence of Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force breast cancer screening guideline changes led to decreases in screening mammography, raising concern about potential increases in late-stage disease and more invasive surgical treatments.

Objective

To investigate the incidence of breast cancer by stage at diagnosis and surgical treatment before and after the 2009 guideline changes.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, epidemiologic cohort study of women aged 40 years or older used 2004 to 2019 data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Age- and stage-specific breast cancer incidence rates and the proportion of breast cancers treated by partial mastectomy, total mastectomy, and total mastectomy

SUBMITTER: Zhang-Petersen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681378 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature