“Since 1990, breast cancer death rates in Black women, who develop and die from the disease earlier, have only dropped approximately half as fast as in white women,” saidĀ Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR, co-author of the new guidelines, chair of the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Commission and managing partnerĀ at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care inĀ Rochester, NY.Ā “We continue to regularly examine the latest evidence and update our recommendations to help save more Black women and others at high risk from this deadly disease.”
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- United Press International (UPI) — New guidelines call for breast cancer risk assessment by age 25
- US News & World Report — Radiologists Push for Breast Cancer Risk ‘Assessment’ by Age 25
- Newsmax — Radiology Group Urges Breast Cancer Assessment by 25
- SF Examiner — Radiologists’ Group Pushes for Breast Cancer Risk ‘Assessment’ by Age 25
- Auntminnie – ACR releases updated breast cancer screening recommendation
- Diagnostic Imaging — New ACR Guidelines Emphasize Earlier Mammography Screening for High-Risk Women
