KMEG CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley October 20, 2015
Dr. Kevin oeffinger ofemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center chaired the guidelines panel. From 45 on we felt that annual mammography gave us our best chance of both reducing premature mortality as well as balancing the potential Harms Associated with mammography. Reporter those harms include false alarms leading to unnecessary biopsies and surgery. Estimated lifetime risk of dying from Breast Cancer is 2. 7 with no screening and 1. 8 to 1. 9 with todays new guidelines. The Cancer Society left room for screening women younger than 45. Between 40 and 44 Breast Cancer is less common. So the risk ...