Revised Guidelines Say Most Women Can Begin Mammograms At Age 50

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“But mammography is not the answer for these women.” As Kattlove points out in his post, when young women die of breast cancer they are usually killed by very fast-growing aggressive cancers that grow too quickly to be caught by early detection. The tumors crop up, and spread in between annual mammograms."

What's needed is not a lessening of screening, but more accurate, more frequent and more healthy screening. I know I heard of some newer imaging coming up not long ago. Maybe some inexpensive yet indicative serum markers are possible. Hopefully treatment options like ablation and targeted biological/immune based treatments will make the "overtreatment" tradeoff less drastic.