Major Organizations Recommending Regular Mammographic Screening
of Average Risk Women 40 Years of Age or Older |
| |
FREQUENCY OF SCREENING (years) |
DATE ISSUED |
| Government-Sponsored and Private Groups |
|
|
| U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE |
1-2 years |
2002 |
| CANADIAN TASK FORCE ON PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE |
1-2 |
1998, 1999, 2001 |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
– |
1997 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY |
annually |
1997 |
| NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE |
1-2 |
2002 |
| Medical Societies |
|
|
| AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS |
1-2 (age 40 to 49)
1 (age 50+) |
2000 |
| AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
annually |
1999 |
| AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY |
annually |
1998 |
| AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE |
1-2 |
1996 |
| AMERICAN COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS |
1-2 |
2001 |
| AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY |
1-2 |
1999 |
| Adapted from "Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer," Suzanne W. Fletcher, Joann G. Elmore, New England Journal of Medicine, p. 1675, April 24, 2003. |
