Breast Cancer Screening Should Start at 40—Not 50—According to New Mammogram Guidelines

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from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.The USPSTF, which is an independent task force comprised of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine, published its on breast cancer screening.

Per the new guidance, women with an average risk of developing cancer start screening for breast cancer every other year starting the age of 40 and through the age of 73. (The use of the term “women” refers to includes both cisgender women and people assigned female at birth, per the USPSTF).The change in guidelines, which lowered the recommended starting age for bi-yearly from 50 to 40, stems from a rise in in women in their forties.“More women in their forties have been getting breast cancer, with rates increasing about 2 percent each year, so this recommendation will make a big difference for people across the country, Task Force chair Wanda Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

said in a . “By starting to screen all women at age 40, we can save nearly 20 percent more lives from breast cancer overall."Olivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer just two months after a normal mammogram.

Alarming—but not that rare, according to her doctor.By Dr. Nicholson also noted how new-and-improved approach will especially benefit Black women, who are 40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. “This new approach has even greater potential benefit for Black women, who are much more likely to die of breast cancer,” Dr.