A federal task force says that women should start getting regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer at age 40, instead of waiting until 50, marking a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a simple message – get your annual mammogram to detect breast cancer at its earliest stage. But you may be surprised to hear ...

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WASHINGTON -- Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a ...

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May 5, 2010 — Screening mammograms in younger women have low accuracy and detect few cancers, according to the results of a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ...

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