dr. calonge. and i now ask dr. petitti to begin. >> im diana petitti, the vice chair of u.s. preventive service task force. i'm a physician and epidemiologist. i have spent my entire 32 year career as a scientist working on issues of women's health. i've published on the topic of mammography screenings. i served as vice chair of the national council policy board and i have expertise in evidence of systematic review and in offices. i participated in this process from the beginning. i would not sign off on any recommendation that i did not believe reflected the best possible use of evidence for the benefit of women. i appreciate the opportunity to clarify for members of the subcommittee the task force recommendations and evidence and the weighting of the evidence that led to these recommendations. in specific, the task force recommends the following. women age 5374 should have mammography's every other year. the decision to start regular by annual screening mammography before the age of 50 should be an individual one and take the patient context into account including the patie

dr. calonge. i will now ask dr.itti to begin. >> well, i am diana petit are kind of vice chair of the u.s. preventative services task force that i'm a physician and epidemiologist. i present my entire 30 year your career as a scientist working on issues of women's health. i publish on the topic of mammography screening. i served as vice chair of the national cancer policy board and i have expertise and evidence of this and systematic review and meta-analysis. i participate in this process from the very beginning. i would not sign off on any recommendation that i did not believe reflected the best possible use of evidence for the benefit of women. i appreciate the opportunity to clarify for members of the subcommittee come the task force recommendations and evidence in weighing of the evidence that led to these recommendations. in specific, the task force recommends the following. women age 50 through 74 should have mammography every other year. that decision to start regular by annual screening mammography before th

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