Value of mammograms, PSA tests now debated
Photo credit: Chris Ware | A file photo of a mammography patient receiving a screening with the Hologic Selenia Dimension digital mammography machine at NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center. (July 11, 2011)
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Debates over the value of mammograms and PSA tests
It used to be that the decision to get an annual mammogram or PSA test was no more confusing than getting a yearly checkup. Not anymore.
A government-appointed panel two years ago recommended women beginning at age 50, not 40, get mammograms every other year, instead of every year. The recommendation provoked an outcry so great that the government quickly promised the tests would continue...
