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A respected U.S. task force contends mammograms should begin at age 40, not 50, citing more precise research. But the decision, which isn't final, is more complicated than it sounds.

Guidance on when women should begin their annual mammograms has changed according to the U.S. Preventive Servi...

Since 2009, the federally appointed group whose decisions guide insurance policies has recommended waiting until you are 50 years old to start getting mammograms.

Guidance shifts amid troubling breast cancer trends in young and Black women.

“It is true that since the year 2000, the rates of breast cancer in young women have been increasing, but, increasing even more rapidly since 2015."

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(NEW YORK) -- Most women with average risk should start screening for breast cancer at age 40, and they should get screened every other year through age 74, according to new draft guidance Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a federally appointed group whose decisions guide insurance policies. Prior task force recommendations said

Heres why a government task force is lowering the age for breast cancer screenings and why some experts say its not enough.

Most women should start screening for breast cancer at age 40, and they should get screened every other year through age 74, according to new draft...

Women ages 40 and older should get screened for breast cancer every other year, according to the new recommendations. But doctors think it should be annual.