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JANUARY 13, 2016

New Mammography Guidelines Cause Confusion, Controversy

By Gina Shaw

When the American Cancer Society (ACS) published new guidelines on screening mammography for breast cancer in late October 2015, it probably intended to add clarity to the fractious debate over the age at which mammograms should begin and how often women should get them. Instead, many breast cancer specialists said the new guidelines only muddied the waters further.

The new guidelines—the first change in ACS’ mammography recommendations in more than a