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LI breast cancer experts: Fewer mammograms could be a fatal mistake
Quick ReadSeveral experts are dismayed that a government task force has recommended less frequent mammograms.
Photo credit: June 2000 File / Jim McGuire | A government task force advises that most women do not need mammograms until their 50th birthday.
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Several Long Island breast cancer experts - dismayed that a government task force has recommended less frequent mammograms - said Monday more women could die of the disease if they cut back on annual screening.
"I think this would be a huge mistake," said Dr. Paul Fisher, a radiologist at the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center. "There's almost unanimity...
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