Benefits and harms of screening mammography every 1 or 2 years for 10 years
Scroll down to find tables for every 1 or 2 year screening by age
- The tables are for women at “average risk” of breast cancer
- Per the US Preventive Services Task Force, average risk means:
- No personal history of breast cancer
- No previously diagnosed high-risk breast lesion
- No known underlying genetic mutation, eg, BRCA1 or BRCA2
- No history of chest radiation at a young age
Note: Detailed explanation of all methods are below (see fact check document, and calculations for fact check)
Steven Woloshin, MD, MS and H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH created the tables and hold the copyright.