BREAST CANCER SCREENING
I recently attended a webinar on breast cancer screening, presented by a radiologist. It had a lot of new information on screening guidelines for women. As an OBGYN I am not equipped with clear guidelines to inform the reproductive age patients about their breast cancer risk and screening intervals. Breast cancer screening is focused on identifying malignancies in asymptomatic women to detect disease at an early, highly treatable stage. While the clinical utility of early detection is universally acknowledged, specific screening protocols, modalities, and initiation ages vary slightly across international and regional guidelines. Mammography remains the gold standard for population-based screening and the only modality clinically proven to reduce breast cancer mortality. Mammography employs low-dose X-ray imaging to visualize architectural distortions, microcalcifications, and soft tissue masses. Increasingly preferred over conventional 2D mammography, particularly for dense brea...
