A new study supports the notion that women age 40 and older get a mammogram each year rather than every two years, to help catch breast cancers early.
The rate at which mammograms revealed a tumor in its later stages was significantly lower among women who got an annualversus those who spaced the scans out over two or more years, reported a team at the University of Pittsburgh., which increases the likelihood of survival, decreases harms to patients because treatment may not need to be as intense, makes recovery easier and can lower the cost of care," said study lead author Dr. Margarita Zuley, a professor of radiology at Pitt.
Guidelines from the American College of Radiology advise that women over 40 get a mammogram once every year, whereas guidelines from the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends mammograms once every two years, beginning at age 40.
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