In April, the United States Preventive Services Task Force proposed new breast-cancer screening guidelines that advise women to get their first mammogram, the test that screens for breast cancer, at ...

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.

Women of average risk are encouraged to begin getting annual mammograms at age 40, but for some patients, a standard ...

At age 45. At age 50. Once a year. Once every two years. If you’re trying to find some consensus on when and how often women should get screened for breast cancer with mammograms, you’re not going to ...

When Yaffa Leah Field was in her late 20s, she decided to undergo genetic testing. Her grandmother had been diagnosed breast cancer, and Field wanted to know whether she was among the one of every 40 ...

(Reuters Health) - While most older women might not need breast cancer screening with mammography more often than every three years, some women with dense breasts may need mammograms every year, U.S.

Women should begin annual mammograms at age 40, according to updated medical guidance that follows years of debate over when the screening should start. The recommendation reflects growing evidence ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Woman’s Hospital is kicking off its “Mammograms Mambo” campaign, urging women across the Capital Region to make breast cancer screening a yearly priority. Doctors ...

12:15 p.m. March 3, 2026: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the initiative was launched by UCLA’s Homeless Healthcare Collaborative. It is a project of the UCLA Department of ...

The former 'Good Morning America' anchor was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer after reluctantly agreeing to get a ...