This guide is a companion to the Task Force recommendation on Screening for Breast Cancer. The purpose of the guide is to help healthcare professionals explain the Task Force recommendation and begin to engage female patients ages 40-74 in a discussion about screening for breast cancer. It contains basic information on what patients need to know, including who should be screened, health disparities and inequities, and questions that patients may have.
Healthcare professionals are encouraged to use this guide as a conversation starter with their patients. This guide is not intended to serve as a risk assessment tool or decision aid.