The recommendation is an update from the 2016 recommendation on breast cancer screening.
by ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS | The National DeskFILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. New guidelines now recommend women should begin getting mammograms at 40 instead of later in life.released final guidelines Tuesday. It said it applies to "cisgender women and all other persons assigned female at birth 40 years or older at average risk of breast cancer .
“It’s a win that they are now recognizing the benefits of screening women in their 40s,” said Dr. Therese Bevers of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Other medical groups, including the American College of Radiology and the American Cancer Society, suggest mammograms every year — instead of every other year — starting at age 40 or 45, which may cause confusion, Bevers said, but “now the starting age will align with what many other organizations are saying.”
Breast cancer is still the second most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death, according to USPSTF. About 240,000 cases are diagnosed annually and nearly 43,000 women die from breast cancer. Congress already passed legislation requiring insurers to pay for mammograms for women 40 and older without copays or deductibles. In addition, the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover task force recommendations with an “A” or “B” letter grade. The mammography recommendation has a “B” grade, meaning it has moderate net benefit.
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