Women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50, according to a draft recommendation from a federal task force
Mammographer Alma Garcia, right, demonstrates the process of a mammogram on marketing liaison Dalilah Garcia of the Neighbors Emergency Center in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, Sep. 18, 2017, inside a Mammos on the Move mobile mammogram trailer.WASHINGTON — .breast cancer screening
Tuesday’s update—if the draft proposal is finalized—would mark a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines although it’s not likely to end confusion. Other health groups differ over when and how often to screen.women from dying due to breast cancerThe task force noted that Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, making mammograms at 40 an especially important step—but also urged more research to better understand and combat the disparity.
While cancer deaths have been declining for years, breast cancer remains the second leading cancer killer of U.S. woman, behind lung cancer.
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