title: American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer: update 1997.
abstract: The American Cancer Society (ACS) convened a workshop in March 1997 to consider new scientific findings related to breast cancer screening and to determine whether these findings warrant a change in the existing ACS guidelines. The meeting was timed so that participants could benefit from new data related to screening women aged 40 to 49 years. A recommendation based on the new data and subsequently approved by the ACS Board of Directors is reported.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leitch
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Dodd
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costanza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linver
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pressman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McGinnis
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology