Issue Summary February 16, 2016

Published: Feb. 15, 2016, 9 p.m.

Summary of the February 16, 2016 issue, which includes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement on screening for breast cancer in average-risk women, several accompanying background studies and reviews, and an unrelated article on the potential effect of treatment advances on the absolute changes in mortality associated with breast cancer screening.