Fran Visco Congressional Testimony for NBCC - December 2009

On December 2nd, NBCC President Fran Visco testified before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee's hearing on breast cancer screening recommendations.

She addressed the US Preventive Services Task Force revised breast cancer screening guidelines, the reaction to the guidelines, NBCCs analysis and how to move forward with the new recommendations. For over ten years, NBCC has expressed concern about public health screening messages that were not backed up by the evidence. The hearing was an opportunity to speak about NBCC's #1 priority of Guaranteed Access to Quality Health Care for All and to reiterate the importance of evidence-based guidelines on breast cancer screening.

For more information about NBCC, understanding the Task Force guidelines or breast cancer screening, visit www.StopBreastCancer.org.

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