Columnists, Cancer Groups Weigh In On Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
 

Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces regarding recent recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that recommend mammograms every two years for most women starting at age 50, rather than at age 40 as previously recommended. The recommendations also say that doctors should not instruct women on breast self-examinations. Summaries of the opinion pieces appear below.

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