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ACPM response to
mammography recommendations
Fallout from the recent US Preventive Services Task
Force recommendations around mammography screening has
continued, including calls for the disbandment of the
Task Force, congressional hearings, and extended media
coverage. With multiple pundits, experts, and
advocates lining up on both sides of the issue to be
heard, ACPM has been actively responding on several
fronts.
In addition to its initial press release and media
interviews supporting the USPSTF findings, as reported
in the November 19 edition of ACPM Headlines,
ACPM worked closely with the Partnership for
Prevention to prepare and submit
a sign-on letter to key congressional leaders in
advance of a House subcommittee hearing on the topic.
The letter addressed several myths about the Task
Force being propagated in the media. ACPM also
reached out to leaders of the American Medical
Association, American College of Physicians, American
Academy of Family Physicians, and American Journal
of Preventive Medicine to secure their
organizational endorsements of the letter.
ACPM President-elect Miriam Alexander also submitted
an
opinion-editorial column on behalf of the College
that was published in the Friday, December 4, edition
of the Baltimore Sun. The op-ed piece aimed to
set the record straight about the purpose of the task
force, its methods, and the appropriate interpretation
of the mammography recommendations.
In response to the unwarranted vilification of and
ongoing threats to the Task Force, considered to be
the gold standard for evidence-based analysis of and
guidelines on the use of clinical preventive services,
ACPM encourages members to make your voice heard.
ACPM has prepared a set of
talking points for this debate, and encourages you
to use these talking points to submit commentaries,
letters, or op-eds to your own local newspapers or
other media outlets in support of the Task Force.
If
you need assistance, contact Mike Barry, ACPM
executive director, at
mbarry@acpm.org. We also ask that you him send a
copy of your submission.
Press Release
Letter to House Committee
Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun
USPSTF Breast
Cancer Screening Talking Points
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