title: Breast cancer screening.
abstract: Decreasing breast cancer mortality represents a high priority for patients and their health care providers. Assessment of individual risk combined with discussion of risks and benefits of screening is essential in assisting patients in making their screening decisions. This article reviews the literature in order to provide primary care providers information regarding risk assessment, controversies regarding screening including age to start screening, best interval for screening, age to stop screening and methods to perform screening. Providers are encouraged to initiate this conversation with their patients.
authors.forename: Mary J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Milroy
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011320:Primary Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States