Risk-based breast cancer screening may be more efficient than age-based guidelines
Individually-tailored risk-based screening may be a more efficient way to screen for breast cancer. Image credit – National Cancer Institute CANCER DIGEST – Jan. 18, 2026 – Tailoring breast cancer screening to individual risk factors as opposed to relying on age guidelines may be a better way to reduce the chance of advanced cancer at diagnosis, a major screening study shows. The WISDOM study enrolled 46,000 women from all 50 states between 2016 and 2023. The aim was to compa
Annual mammograms starting at age 40 reduces deaths
CANCER DIGEST – March 2, 2024 – A new analysis of new data comparing three different screening strategies shows that annual mammograms...
