#448 USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening - Updated recommendations and the reasoning behind them

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Curbsiders Podcast, the team delves into the recently updated breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with Dr. Wanda Nicholson (@wnicholsonobgyn), an expert in preventive medicine, diversity, equity and inclusion, and women's health and the Chair of the Task Force. Join us as we review the newest screening mammography recommendations, evidence for earlier screening for all women, the challenge of dense breast findings, and more. Importantly, we discuss disparities in breast cancer outcomes and the need to better understand and address them.

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Show Segments

Intro and Guest Background
Case
Updated Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
Rationale for screening age
Considerations for findings of dense breasts
Balancing benefits and harms
Racial disparities
Research Gaps
Outro

Credits

Producer, writer, show notes, infographic, and cover art: Fatima Syed MD
Hosts: Paul Williams MD, FACP and Fatima Syed MD
Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Wanda Nicholson MD, MBA, MPH

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0:00.0	The Curbsideers Podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only,
0:07.0	and the topics discussed should not be used solely to diagnose,
0:09.0	treat, cure, or prevent diseases or diseases or conditions.
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0:16.7	If indeed, there are any, in fact, there are not.
0:18.7	Pretty much we are responsible if you screw up.
0:19.8	You should always do your own homework and let's know.
0:21.1	The way. Always do your own homework and there's no. I'm going to...
0:24.0	Welcome back to the Germsiders.
0:28.0	This is one of our special USPSTF updates.
0:31.0	I am joined by my co-host Dr. Fatima Syed.
0:34.0	Dr. Syed, how are you?
0:35.0	I'm doing well, Paul, how are you?
0:38.0	I'm well, thank you for asking.
0:40.0	We have new updated breast cancer screening recommendations which is very exciting
0:43.8	as made the delay media and we talked to Dr. Wanda Nicholson if you hear about just a second
0:49.2	about what the updates are what drove those updates what was some of the evidence behind them and some of the
0:54.4	inclusions including things like health disparity which was real evidence which was a real emphasis in this particular update.
0:59.7	So before we get to all of that I'm going to remind you that we are the Internal Medicine
1:03.6	Podcast and we use expert interviews to be in clinical roles in practice changing knowledge.
1:07.3	And Fautzmo, why don't I let you tell our audience about Dr Nicholson and what we talked about?
1:12.3	Absolutely. So I'm going to try to do this as succinctly as possible, but this is a very accomplished
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