Breast cancer screening - US Guidelines

The National Guideline Clearinghouse in the US has published a guideline synthesis, Screening for Breast Cancer in Women at Average Risk.  In it they compare two recent guidelines - how they agree and differ, their recommendations, the strength of the evidence they use, how they went about finding that evidence and the benefits and harms both sets of guidelines found in screening for this group of women.

The guidelines examined were:

• American Cancer Society (ACS). Breast cancer screening for women at average risk: 2015 guideline update from the American Cancer Society. JAMA. 2015 Oct 20;314(15):1599-614.  
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Feb 16;164(4):279-96.