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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

When was the last time you had a screening mammogram for breast cancer? If you’re age 40 or over, we hope it’s within the last year. According to the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), all ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The panel on the United States Preventive Services Task Force has updated its draft recommendations for mammograms. It’s now recommended that all women get tested for breast cancer ...

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 ...

1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. That’s why breast health education and annual screening mammograms are crucial when it comes to early detection of breast cancer. Although ...

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 ...