Breast Cancer Screening: Women's Attitudes and Beliefs in Light of Updated United States Preventive Services Task Force and American Cancer Society Guidelines

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaya M. Mehta ◽  
Kathy L. MacLaughlin ◽  
Denise M. Millstine ◽  
Stephanie S. Faubion ◽  
Mark R. Wallace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
United States ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Preventive Services ◽  
American Cancer Society ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Cancer Society

scholarly journals A method for evaluating breast cancer screening strategies using screen-preventable loss of life

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243113
Author(s):  
Kimbroe J. Carter ◽  
Frank Castro ◽  
Roy N. Morcos
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Mammographic Screening ◽  
American Cancer Society ◽  
Cancer Society ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Screening Guidelines ◽  
Clinical Awareness

The objective of this study is to describe how screen-preventable loss of life (screen-PLL) can be used to analyze the distribution of life savings with mammographic screening. The determination of screen-PLL with mammography is possible using a natural history model of breast cancer that simulates clinical and pathologic events of this disease. This investigation uses a Monte Carlo Markov model with data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program; American Cancer Society; and National Vital Statistics System. Populations of one million women per screening strategy are simulated over a lifetime with mammographic screening based on current guidelines of the American Cancer Society (ACS), United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), triennial screening from age 50–70, and no screening. Screen-PLL curves are generated and show guideline performance over a lifetime. The screen-PLL curve with no screening is determined by tumor discovery through clinical awareness and has the highest values of screen-PLL. The ACS and USPSTF strategies demonstrate screen-PLL curves favoring the elderly. The curve for triennial screening is more uniform than the ACS or USPSTF curves but could be improved by adding screen(s) at either end of the 50–70 age range. This study introduces the use of screen-PLL as a tool to improve the understanding of screening guidelines and allowing a more balanced allocation of life savings across an aging population. The method presented shows how screen-PLL can be used to analyze and potentially improve breast cancer screening guidelines.

scholarly journals American Cancer Society Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening: Update 2003

2003 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Smith ◽  
D. Saslow ◽  
K. Andrews Sawyer ◽  
W. Burke ◽  
M. E. Costanza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
American Cancer Society ◽  
Cancer Society
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