Do you know at what age you’re supposed to start getting yearly mammograms? Despite this being a month packed with reminders to schedule your screening, the guidelines on when you should begin making ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force just issued new breast cancer screening guidelines. The guidelines recommend starting mammograms at age 40. Some doctors say the recommendations don’t go far ...

For decades, women have received changing advice about who should mammogram screenings for breast cancer, and how often. The guidelines have been especially variable for women in their 40s—leading ...

Breast cancer screening guidelines have made the news again. On Tuesday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced that it had finalized its recommendation, first drafted in May 2023, ...

Oops, they did it again — that is, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force once more changed their screening recommendations for breast cancer. In 2016, the USPSTF ...

Scientific consensus regarding the expectations and limitations of mammography varies, and conflicting screening guidelines from medical organizations cause confusion for both patients and providers.

Breast cancer is very treatable when caught early, and mammograms, which are X-ray images of breasts, are a reliable screening test to detect it. Now, final guidelines released Tuesday from the U.S.

While physicians mostly applauded a government-appointed panel’s recommendation that women get routine mammography screening for breast cancer starting at age 40, down from 50, not everyone approves.

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), two of the biggest risk factors for getting breast cancer are being born female and living past age 55. Whether an individual is of average or elevated ...

Maybe you’ve been putting off a mammogram because you're anxious about what it might find. But experts encourage women to reframe having a mammogram as empowering. “You can’t prevent breast cancer, ...

Breast cancer screening should start at 40 years old, according to new mammogram guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, which is an independent task force comprised of ...