New U.S. guidelines rolling back the starting age for mammograms and requiring notification of patients with dense breast tissue may help detect cancer earlier.
Caitlin Schmidt New federal guidelines rolling back the starting age for mammogram screening and requiring providers to notify patients with dense breast tissue could help more women detect breast cancer earlier, but local experts say there's still work to be done.
People are also reading… Thirty-eight states — including Arizona — already required that providers give women information about breast density following a mammogram. But recommendations have differed from other organizations, most notably the Preventive Services Task Force, which issued a 2016 recommendation that women of average risk should start mammogram screenings at 50 and have them done every other year. This is the guideline that most primary care providers have used for the past eight years, Foster said.
She encouraged all women to talk to their providers about their risk factors, including family history, and determine if every two years is appropriate or if they should be screened annually. Northwest, 6060 N. Fountain Plaza Drive, No. 100, offers a comprehensive breast program, so if a patient goes into the women's imaging center for a mammogram, they won't have to go anywhere else if they need treatment, unlike if they have their screening done at a standalone radiology center.
"There are a lot of things we can control in terms of breast cancer and there are things we can't," Dillon said."We can't control our breast density, we can't control our family history or genetics. Those are the discussions to have with your physician." "Fifty percent of women have dense breasts, especially young women, and for some women, additional screening measures might be appropriate," Foster said."But what's recommended is not necessarily going to be covered by insurance, so this creates a conundrum."
But the lack of guaranteed payment still means many women won't get the screening they need, he said. House Bill 2684 would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for supplemental imaging when medically necessary. A study commissioned by Komen found the costs to patients range from $234 for a mammogram to more than $1,021 for a breast MRI.
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