Task force updates guidance for breast cancer screenings for women 40 and older

CNN story highlights and quotes JAMA Editorial by Dr. Joann Elmore

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By The Elmore Research Lab
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CNN reports that, "The revised USPSTF recommendations shed light on two major issues: addressing health inequities in breast cancer and ensuring all women can benefit from advances made in screening technologies, Dr. Joann Elmore of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles and member of UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Christoph Lee of the University of Washington School of Medicine, wrote in a joint editorial published in the journal JAMA [April 30, 2024]."

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