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Ensuring Clarity and Understandability of the FDA’s Breast Density Notifications

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: This Viewpoint discusses the use of breast density notifications to inform women with dense breast tissue of the potential need for supplemental cancer screening, as well as the need to ensure that such notifications are clear and understandable to women of all language backgrounds, literacy levels, educational levels, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.22753

Authors: Nancy R. Kressin, Priscilla J. Slanetz, Christine M. Gunn

Institutions: Boston University, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Health

Language: English

Topic: Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Gilead Sciences, National Cancer Institute