How Early Should You Be Screened For Breast Cancer?
- Care For A Cure
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min read
The American Cancer Society's guidelines say that women should begin getting annual mammograms to screen for breast cancer once they turn 45 — but new research may just change that.
A study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the ACS, suggests that there may be life-saving value in getting tested even earlier, beginning at age 40.
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Written by KIMBERLY TRUONG for Refinery29.com
(PHOTOGRAPHED BY ASHLEY ARMITAGE)
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