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This opportunity for public comment expires on May 18.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) welcomes you to the public comments page. We are seeking comments to help make these documents in their final form more useful to women, primary care providers, and others who are interested in this topic.

Documents Available for Public Comment

Note: This draft Recommendation Statement is being distributed solely for the purpose of receiving public input. It has not been disseminated otherwise by the USPSTF. The final Recommendation Statement will be developed after careful consideration of the feedback received.

Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The following documents are currently available for public comment, and can be accessed by clicking the title of each document.

DRAFT RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT

  • Screening for Breast Cancer

DRAFT EVIDENCE REVIEW 1

  • Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review to Update the USPSTF Recommendation

DRAFT EVIDENCE REVIEW 2

  • Screening for Breast Cancer With Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

DRAFT EVIDENCE REVIEW 3

  • Adjunctive Screening for Breast Cancer in Women With Dense Breasts

In addition to the Evidence Reviews that have been posted for public comment, the Task Force also commissioned modeling studies from the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network. The modeling studies were used to complement the evidence identified in the systematic review and to inform the Task Force’s draft recommendations. Modeling studies can provide scientific projections based on existing data that allow the Task Force to look at information that is not available in randomized controlled trials of screening. These documents are also available for reference.

Reference Documents

Collaborative Modeling of Different U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies

  • Collaborative Modeling of the Benefits and Harms Associated With Different U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies.

MODELING DOCUMENT 2

  • Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Death From Mammography Screening.

FINAL RESEARCH PLAN

  • Previously posted for public comment on November 14, 2013. Final posted on July 24, 2014.

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After an in-depth review of the strongest available science on the benefits and harms of screening mammography, as well as input from the public and health care professionals during the public comment period, the Task Force issued its final recommendations on breast cancer screening on January 12, 2016. You can learn more about how the Task Force’s final recommendations converge with other evidence-based guidelines in an editorial published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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