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The American Cancer Society guidelines say that women ages 40 through 44 should have the option to start screening annually. Between the ages of 45 and 54, people should definitely get screened ...
But on April 30, 2024, the USPTF issued a statement changing its guidelines to recommend that all women assigned female at birth between age 40 and 74 should get a screening every other year.
That guideline said women should start regular mammogram screening every other year beginning at age 50, and that women ages 40 to 49 should discuss with their doctors the best screening regimen ...
The 2016 recommendations maintained 50 as the age when routine screening should begin. [14] In April 2024, The USPSTF lowered the recommended age to begin breast cancer screening. Citing rising rates of breast cancer diagnosis and substantially higher rates among Black women in the United States, the task force recommends screening mammograms ...
New guidelines recommend that women get breast cancer screenings beginning at age 40. (Getty Images) (gorodenkoff via Getty Images) Breast cancer screening guidelines have made the news again.
The 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. [6]