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Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, on Controversies in Breast Cancer Screening Strategies

2016 NCCN Annual Conference (1)

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Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses American Cancer Society recommendations, including the advice that women with an average risk of breast cancer should undergo regular screening mammography starting at age 45, and that women 55 and older should have biennial screening.



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