Mammography and Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

New cases of breast cancer, the most common female cancer, unlike many cancers that are decreasing have been stable for the last 10 years in the U.S. but death rates have been slowing improving. Anchorage radiologist Dr Heather Tauschek and Dr Thad Woodard will discuss mammography, the rationale for breast cancer screening recommendations, and newest recommendations for breast cancer screening on this Line One program.

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• Heather Tauschek, MD, medical director and diagnostic radiologist with Providence Imaging Center

LINKS:

• Web site of Providence Imaging Center
• The American Cancer Society’s website on breast cancer
• Link to an excellent article addressing how humans evaluate risk and make decisions especially related to medical procedures, including mammography
• Fact sheet on mammograms from the National Cancer Institute

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LIVE BROADCAST: Monday, March 14, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. AKDT

REPEAT BROADCAST:  Monday, March 14, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT

DR. WOODARD’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:

• Mayo Clinic
• Cleveland Clinic
• MedlinePlus
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• HealthyChildren.org
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
• American College of Allergy,  Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
• Science Based Medicine
• Quackwatch
• Super Smart Health

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