Breast cancer is very treatable when caught early, and mammograms, which are X-ray images of breasts, are a reliable screening test to detect it. Now, final guidelines released Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce urge all women to get screened every other year, starting at age 40.
The evidence has shifted in support of recommending mammograms for all women at 40, says Dr. Carol Mangione, an internal medicine specialist at UCLA who served as previous Chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce and is co-author of the new recommendation.
"New and more inclusive science about breast cancer in women younger than the age of 50 has allowed us to expand our prior recommendation," Mangione says.
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