Oct 21, 2015 - Aetna is reviewing the American Cancer Society's take on new breast cancer screening guidelines for women at risk, recommending yearly.
Aetna considers annual mammography screening a medically necessary preventive service for women aged 40 and older. Annual screening is also considered medically necessary for younger women who are judged to be at high- risk by their primary care physician. Screening mammography for other women is considered experimental and investigational because its benefits in these other women are unproven.Aetna considers screening mammography for men experimental and investigational, as the clinical benefits of such screening in men are unproven.
Current guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American College of Radiology recommend such screening only for women.
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