Panel Tells Women to Skip Mammograms Until Age 50: ; Task Force's Guidelines Challenged by the Cancer Society
Charleston Daily Mail › November 17, 2009
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NEW YORK - 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 women shouldn't be taught to do them.See the full content of this document
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Panel Tells Women to Skip Mammograms Until Age 50: ; Task Force's Guidelines Challenged by the Cancer Society
For most of the past two decades, the cancer society has been recommending annual mammograms beginning at 40.
But the government panel of doctors and scientists concluded that getting screened f...See the full content of this document
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