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Breast Cancer |
What are mammogram screening guidelines07/31/2007 |
Organizations promote different guidelines for screening mammograms. Why does it differ? ACS states Women 40 years and over should have an annual mamm and others say a baseline mamm needs to be done at age 35-40. With the density of breast tissue in younger females, when should a healthy woman with no previous or family history begin screening mammograms?
The ACS also recommends a baseline mammogram between the ages of 35 and 40.
A woman with no breast abnormalities on examination and no personal or family history of breast cancer should get a baseline screening mammogram between the ages of 35 and 40 and then yearly after age 40.
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Jean T Stevenson, MD, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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