Table 1. Breast cancer screening recommendations in young women^{7,27,39,42,51}.

Population	BSA	BSE	CBE	Mammography	MRI
Healthy young women	Recommended from age 20a,b,c	Optionala,b,c	Every 1–3 y from age 20a,b,c	__	__
BRCA family or lifetime risk of BC > 20%	BSA including training for BSE from age 18b	Training from age 18b Monthly BSE from age 25 or earlier depending on earliest age of BC in familya,b,c	Every 6–12 mo from age 25b	Annually from age 25 or individualize based on earliest age of BC in familya,b Annually from age 30c	Annually from age 25 or individualize based on earliest age of BC onset in familya,b Annually from age 30c
Past thoracic radiation between 10–30 years of age	Recommended even prior to age 25b	Monthly from age 25 or 8–10 y after treatment, whichever is latera,c	Every 6–12 mo from age 25 or 8–10 y after treatment, whichever is latera,b If age < 25, annual CBE starting 8–10 y after treatmentb	Annually from age 25 years or 8–10 y after treatment, whichever is latera,b Annually from age 30c	Annually from age 25 or 8–10 y after treatment, whichever is latera Consider as above but evidence lackingb Yearly from age 30c

Abbreviations: BSA, breast self awareness; BSE, breast self examination; CBE, clinical breast examination; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; BC, breast cancer; y, years.

^aRecommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

^bRecommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

^cRecommended by the American Cancer Society.