Screening Guidelines - Important Updates

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

Location: Chatham Ballroom

Speaker(s)

Daniel B. Kopans, MD, FACR, FSBI

Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Waban, Massachusetts

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Jean M. Seely, MD, FSBI, FCAR (she/her/hers)

Head of Breast Imaging Professor of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine
The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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We will review the various claims over the years, in an effort to reduce access to screening, and provide the science that has refuted them. We will then detail the Canadian National Breast Screening Studies (CNBSS) with critical updated information that confirms the fact that the trial results are invalid and should not be used to determine screening guidelines.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the misinformation that has been promulgated in an effort to limit access to screening.
2. Understand how the efforts to limit access to screening have been refuted by science and evidence.
3. Understand that the Canadian National Breast Screening Studies were compromised, their results unreliable, and should not be used to determine screening guidelines.