New USPSTF Draft Suggests Mammography Start at 40, Not 50

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New USPSTF Draft Suggests Mammography Start at 40, Not 50
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➡️ Major change: USPSTF proposed reducing the recommended start age for routine screening mammograms from age 50 to age 40.

, published last week, ​​call for women at higher-than-average risk for breast cancer to undergo a risk assessment by age 25 to determine if screening before age 40 is needed.

But Congress created a special workaround that effectively makes the ACA mandate apply to the 2002 task force recommendations on. In those recommendations, the task force gave a B grade to screening mammograms every 1 or 2 years starting at age 40 without an age limit. The task force called for more research addressing the underlying causes of elevated breast cancer mortality rates among Black women.

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