NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, Version 1.2023

Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines

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Therese B. Bevers The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Bethany L. Niell Moffitt Cancer Center

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Jennifer L. Baker UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Debbie L. Bennett Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine

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Ermelinda Bonaccio Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Melissa S. Camp The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

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Sona Chikarmane Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

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Emily F. Conant Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania

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Mohammad Eghtedari UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

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Meghan R. Flanagan Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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Jeffrey Hawley The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute

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Mark Helvie University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

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Linda Hodgkiss St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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Jennifer Ivanovich Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Maxine S. Jochelson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Swati Kulkarni Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

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Rachael B. Lancaster O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB

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Caitlin Mauer UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Jessica Maxwell Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

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Bhavika K. Patel Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Mark Pearlman University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

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Liane Philpotts Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

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Donna Plecha Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute

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Jennifer K. Plichta Duke Cancer Institute

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Shadi Shakeri UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Clarie L. Streibert Fox Chase Cancer Center

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The NCCN Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis provide health care providers with a practical, consistent framework for screening and evaluating a spectrum of clinical presentations and breast lesions. The NCCN Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Panel is composed of a multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, including representation from medical oncology, gynecologic oncology, surgical oncology, internal medicine, family practice, preventive medicine, pathology, diagnostic and interventional radiology, as well as patient advocacy. The NCCN Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Panel meets at least annually to review emerging data and comments from reviewers within their institutions to guide updates to existing recommendations. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the panel’s decision-making and discussion surrounding the most recent updates to the guideline’s screening recommendations.

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