Breast cancer screenings should start at age 40, 10 years earlier than previous guidelines, a U.S. panel said.
issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of national experts.
That's 10 years earlier than the panel previously recommended in 2016. Before, the recommendation was for women in their 40s to make an individual decision about screenings based on their health history. "New and more inclusive science about breast cancer in people younger than 50 has enabled us to expand our prior recommendation and encourage all women to get screened every other year starting at age 40," Dr. Carol Mangione, immediate past chair of the task force, said in a press release."This new recommendation will help save lives and prevent more women from dying due to breast cancer.
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