The updated guidelines recommend that women at average risk for breast cancer begin mammograms at age 40 — a decade earlier than the previous guidelines — and continue every other year until age 74.
The task force’s announcement of new guidelines brought up questions in the breast cancer community. Should women at average risk for the disease start mammograms at age 40, or age 50? Should they get mammograms every year, or every other year?
“It’s a very complex issue. There’s so many different opinions and knowing what is the right thing to do isn’t always so easy,” said“We just really try to go with the best evidence.” But frequent mammograms also can lead to false positive results, unnecessary biopsies and higher costs, physicians say.
“We look for the strongest evidence possible to inform our recommendations,” Nicholson said. The task force’s influential recommendations help determine which procedures health insurance must cover.
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