Breast / Mammography / Screening Guidelines

Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool | Mammography | Seattle Cancer Care Alliance - Determine your personal breast cancer risk.
Media Room –Mammography Saves Lives - American College of Radiology. Excellent collection of academic resources on mammography.
Detailed ACR Statement on Ill Advised and Dangerous USPSTF Mammography Recommendations - American College of Radiology
Mammograms –National Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer
Early Detection –Breast Cancer Screening Exams –MD Anderson Cancer Center - Excellent collection of resources including videos.
Mammogram –MayoClinic.com - The Mayo Clinic
CDC –Understanding Mammograms –Breast Cancer - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mammography:MedlinePlus
Mammography - Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Boston,MA. Nice educational patient resource.
Mammography - RadiologyInfo. American College of Radiology &Radiology Society of North American. The radiology information source for patients.
Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age:A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians — Ann Intern Med - Excellent academic discussion.
Breast Cancer:Screening - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Read the 2009 guidelines that created such a controversy regarding the age of mammogram screening.
Screening Mammography and the “R” Word | Health Policy and Reform - The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) –2009. Editorial on mammogram screening and “rationing”of health care.

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