New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50
Photo credit: June 2000 File / Jim McGuire | A government task force advises that most women do not need mammograms until their 50th birthday.
Most women don’t need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It’s a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society’s long-standing position.
Also, the task force said breast self-exams do no good and womenshouldn’t be taught to do them.
For most of the past two decades, the cancer society has been...
