Inclusion of the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Mammography in State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The recommendations for the age and frequency that women at average risk for breast cancer should undergo breast cancer mammography screening have been a matter of emotional, political, and scientific debate over the past decades. Multiple national organizations provide recommendations for breast cancer screening age and frequency. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding for state comprehensive cancer control (CCC) planning requires compliance with stated objectives for attaining goals. US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on cancer prevention and control are currently used to require coverage of prevention services.

Objectives

To evaluate the consistency of state CCC plan objectives compared with the most current (2016) U

SUBMITTER: Soori M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature