Over four-fifths of women feel uneasy about being told that routine breast cancer screening for the under 50s is not obligatory. Guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2009 upped the minimum age from which women should routinely be screened for breast cancer from 40 to 50 years, and also said that screening should occur every two years up to the age of 74...
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