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Focus groups explored what information women feel they need to receive about screening benefits and harms prior to getting a mammogram.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Seven focus groups of 4\u20136 women were conducted 3\u20134 months following the USPSTF guideline announcement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants were recruited from two healthcare systems in the USA and participated in focus groups via Zoom.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women aged 40\u201349 with no history of breast cancer. Purposive sampling stratified by race, education and screening preferences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants had previously received a Decision Aid as part of a parent study informing them of the pre-2024 USPSTF guideline and mammography mortality benefit, false positives and overdiagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rapid qualitative analysis focused on summarising groups\u2019 answers to questions posed to the focus groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Groups were generally positive towards lowering the screening age to 40 but felt that screening frequency should be tailored to personal cancer risk. They strongly emphasised the importance of being informed about both the benefits and harms of mammography, despite the reduced emphasis on informed choice, and stressed a desire for transparency and autonomy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>US women were positive about the recommendation to screen at age 40 but wanted screening frequency to be tailored to their cancer risk. 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