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LOS ANGELES — To counteract growing rates of breast cancer in younger women and to reduce racial disparities in deaths, an influential panel has changed its advice and is urging

The United States Preventive Services Task Force final breast cancer screening recommendation statement advises that women aged 40 begin biennial screening.

CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder explains why experts hope more aggressive screening guidelines will help address some concerning breast cancer trends.

The USPSTF recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged 40 to 74 years.

Women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting from the age of 40 to reduce their risk of dying from the disease, an influential US body recommended on Tuesday."By starting to screen all women at age 40, we can save nearly 20 percent more lives from breast cancer overall."

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Some researchers said the advice did not go far enough. The panel also declined to recommend extra scans for women with dense breast tissue.

Women should begin getting regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer at age 40. That is official recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task For

This modeling study uses Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network models and national data on breast cancer incidence, mammography

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force.