Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Criticized for Missing High-Risk Women
Researchers say current breast cancer screening guidelines are failing to identify up to 95% of younger women at higher risk of developing the disease, prompting calls for a review of criteria.
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Are current breast cancer checks good enough?
Up to 95% of younger women at higher risk of developing breast cancer are being missed, researchers say.
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Findings prompt calls for review of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence criteria Young women in England who later develop breast cancer are not being referred for early tests or preventive treatment because current guidelines used by GPs miss 95% of patients, research suggests. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) criteria used to decide who should be referred by family doctors for further breast cancer risk assessment and specialist care is failing to sp...
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