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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.
M ost women should start mammogram screenings for breast cancer at age 40, and get screened every other year until they reach age 75, according to new recommendations from an expert panel.
An influential task force just updated guidance on breast cancer screenings for at-risk women. They recommended every-other-year mammograms starting at age 40, a decade earlier than previous guidance.
In the current recommendation published in 2018, the Task Force recommended that prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer screenings be an individual decision for men between the ages of 55 to 69. [18] In 2018 the Task Force gave PCa screening a C recommendation. [18]
In 2022, the European Union proposed to update its guidelines on cancer screening to take into account new evidence that had emerged since 2016. A comprehensive evidence review by the European Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism recommended lung cancer screening for current and former smokers, combined with smoking cessation programmes. [5]
The 10-year life expectancy limit on some cancer screening guidelines, such as breast cancer screenings, also raised eyebrows — 27% of those surveyed said it was too short.
The consequences of overdiagnosis and overtreatment resulting from cancer screening can lead to a decline in quality of life, due to the adverse effects of unnecessary medication and hospitalization. [10] [12] [13] The accuracy of a cancer screening test relies on its sensitivity, and low sensitivity screening tests can overlook cancers. [10]
The Task Force guidelines say that all women should start regular mammograms at age 40, but women who are considered high risk may need to start screening even earlier.