U.S. to again urge women to have mammography at age 40

WASHINGTON D.C.: Reflecting improved diagnostic technology and treatment, a guideline update from the US Preventive Services Task Force proposed that women at average risk for breast cancer should begin receiving screening mammograms every other year beginning at age 40.

The update reverses a controversial recommendation made by the panel in 2009, which advised against routine mammograms for women in their 40s a