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Panel's mammogram recommendations spark controversy
In a dramatic reversal that has stirred wide debate, a key government panel has recommended that women should begin mammograms at 50 - not 40.
The decision by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts that advises doctors on medical care, overhauls a treatment philosophy dating back 20 years that says screening for tumors should begin at 40 for women of average breast cancer...
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