A study published in The BMJ linked skipping first and subsequent mammograms to a higher chance of dying from breast cancer.

Women should get mammograms every other year starting at age 40, according to updated recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This is a significant change from previous ...

A federal task force says that women should start getting regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer at age 40, instead of waiting until 50, marking a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines.

Women who skip their first mammogram are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer over 25 years than those who attend. The ...

WASHINGTON -- Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a ...

If, after reading the latest recommendation on breast cancer screening by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), you feel like your head is spinning, that’s understandable. The ...

A large observational study using data from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium suggested that supplemental MRI with or ...

Recommendations introduced in Australia and being considered in the UK to tell women if they have dense breasts as part of ...

May 5, 2010 — Screening mammograms in younger women have low accuracy and detect few cancers, according to the results of a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ...