#448 USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening - Updated recommendations and the reasoning behind them
- Author
- The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
- Published
- Wed 10 Jul 2024
- Episode Link
- https://audioboom.com/posts/8538801
In this episode of The Curbsiders Podcast, the team delves into the recently updated breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with Dr. Wanda Nicholson (@wnicholsonobgyn), an expert in preventive medicine, diversity, equity and inclusion, and women's health and the Chair of the Task Force. Join us as we review the newest screening mammography recommendations, evidence for earlier screening for all women, the challenge of dense breast findings, and more. Importantly, we discuss disparities in breast cancer outcomes and the need to better understand and address them.
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Show Segments
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Show Segments
- Intro and Guest Background
- Case
- Updated Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
- Rationale for screening age
- Considerations for findings of dense breasts
- Balancing benefits and harms
- Racial disparities
- Research Gaps
- Outro
Credits
- Producer, writer, show notes, infographic, and cover art: Fatima Syed MD
- Hosts: Paul Williams MD, FACP and Fatima Syed MD
- Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
- Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Technical Production: PodPaste
- Guest: Wanda Nicholson MD, MBA, MPH
