Brussels recommends decreasing the breast most cancers screening age to 45

The European Fee really helpful on Tuesday 20 September to widen the general public involved by most cancers screening within the EU, specifically by decreasing to 45 the age from which girls are eligible for organized screening for breast most cancers.

“We have to display extra and higher“, declared the European commissioner for Well being Stella Kyriakides in entrance of the press. “We suggest extending breast most cancers screening (which, in accordance with present European suggestions, considerations girls aged 50 to 69) to girls aged 45 to 74.stated the Cypriot commissioner, who herself survived breast most cancers. “As well as, we advocate using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for girls with notably dense breasts.“, she added.

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The Fee additionally recommends that the HPV (human papillomavirus an infection) take a look at be supplied to girls aged 30 to 65 each 5 years, moderately than the cytological examination (“pap take a look at“). To detect colorectal most cancers, faecal immunochemical checks are really helpful in individuals between the ages of fifty and 74 to find out the necessity for follow-up by endoscopy.

The Fee additionally proposes to introduce screening for lung most cancers, prostate most cancers and, underneath sure situations, abdomen most cancers. Towards lung most cancers, she advocates screening for heavy people who smoke and former heavy people who smoke aged 50 to 75. Towards prostate most cancers, she proposes to introduce a take a look at (prostate particular antigen) for males as much as 70 years previous, with an extra MRI as a follow-up take a look at. Lastly, it recommends screening for abdomen most cancers in international locations or areas the place the incidence and mortality fee of this most cancers are excessive.

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Stella Kyriakides expressed the hope that these suggestions will probably be accredited by the Council – an establishment representing the Member States – by December.

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