New guidelines did not change mammography rates

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The proportion of women undergoing screening for breast cancer every year did not change after a government-backed panel said women in their 40s shouldn’t have routine mammograms, according to a new study. In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that women aged 50 to 74 have a mammogram every other year and said for younger women, screening should be an individual decision by each woman with her doctor. …