Routine Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women Younger Than 50 Years

Season 1, Episode 30,   Aug 16, 2021, 01:00 PM

This week's podcast focuses on a review article published in the June issue of the journal ONCOLOGY titled, “Routine Breast Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Women Younger Than 50 Years: Current Paradigms Based on National Guidelines.” CancerNetwork spoke with Anath Ravi, PhD, co-founder and chief science and clinical officer of MOLLI Surgical, and Randy Miles, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and clinical service chief in the Division of Breast Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, about their work with breast cancer screenings for women under the age of 50.

The conversation focused on the current breast cancer screening guidelines, the risks and benefits of screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, the different imaging techniques and what roles they play, as well as the future direction of breast cancer screening.

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