In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:35AM GINA KOLATA "In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40" New York Times November 17, 2009
The United States Preventitive Task Force released new guidelines for breast cancer screening. The task force recommended that women under 50 do not get mammograms and stop conducting monthly breast examines, siting that unnecessary treatment and anxiety are more harmful than the benefits of early screening. The American Cancer Society will stay with their guidelines advising annual mammograms for women forty and older.





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