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The American Cancer Society recommends that women with an average risk of breast cancer should undergo regular screening mammography starting at age 45 years.
Women between 40 and 44 have the option to start screening with a mammogram every year. Women 45 to 54 should get mammograms every year. Women 55 and older can switch to a mammogram every other year, or they can choose to continue yearly mammograms.
The Task Force recommends that women who are 40 to 74 years old and are at average risk for breast cancer get a mammogram every 2 years. Women should weigh the benefits and risks of screening tests (see below). Different screening recommendations may be used for women at higher than average risk.
The USPSTF recommends biennial screening mammography for women 50 to 74 years of age. 26 This recommendation excludes women 40 to 49 years of age because the number needed to invite...
Mammogram Age Guidelines: What You Need to Know. Annual mammograms are the best way to detect breast cancer early, when treatment is most effective. Yet changing national guidance about what age to start – from 40 to 50 and now back to 40 again – can be confusing.
The new update recommends that all individuals at average risk of breast cancer should begin screening mammography at 40 years of age. ACOG continues to recommend screening mammography every one or two years based on an informed, shared decision-making process between patients and their clinicians.
Today, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) finalized new recommendations for breast cancer screening that advise women start regular mammograms at 40 years old instead of the previously recommended age of 50. Previously, in May 2023, the USPSTF released a draft of these recommendations.