NIH Mammogram Recommendations
1997-02-06T02:09:07-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMmZiXC8xOTk3MDIwNjAyMTIwMTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning whether the federal government should reissue a guideline outlining when women should begin getting themselves tested every year for breast cancer. Federal officials, cancer experts and advocates testified about the need for testing women every year before they reach the age of fifty and what impact such information might have on women’s desire to get mammograms. The controversy began when a National Institutes of Health advisory panel could not decide to reissue the old pamphlet which told women to begin yearly breast cancer screening once they reached the age of forty.
The Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning whether the federal government should reissue a guideline… read more
The Senate Health & Human Services Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning whether the federal government should reissue a guideline outlining when women should begin getting themselves tested every year for breast cancer. Federal officials, cancer experts and advocates testified about the need for testing women every year before they reach the age of fifty and what impact such information might have on women’s desire to get mammograms. The controversy began when a National Institutes of Health advisory panel could not decide to reissue the old pamphlet which told women to begin yearly breast cancer screening once they reached the age of forty. close
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- Susan Braun President and CEO Komen (Susan G.) Breast Cancer Foundation
- David Hoel Representative National Institutes of Health
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- Ann Leitch Professor University of Texas->Medical School
- Barbara Monsees Professor Washington University in St. Louis->Radiology
- Diana Rowden Chair Komen (Susan G.) Breast Cancer Foundation
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