Screening mammography in older women: a review.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Guidelines recommend individualizing screening mammography decisions for women aged 75 years and older. However, little pragmatic guidance is available to help counsel patients.

Objective

To provide an evidence-based approach for individualizing decision-making about screening mammography in older women.

Evidence acquisition

We searched PubMed for English-language studies in peer-reviewed journals published from January 1, 1990, to February 1, 2014, to identify risk factors for late-life breast cancer in women aged 65 years and older and to quantify the benefits and harms of screening mammography for women aged 75 years and older.

Findings

Age is the major risk factor for developing and dying from breast cancer. Breast cancer risk factors that reflec

SUBMITTER: Walter LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4391705 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature