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Women Should Start Screening for Breast Cancer at Age 40 Instead of 50

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is proposing that all women at average risk of breast cancer start screening at age 40 to reduce their risk of dying from the disease, according to a new draft recommendation statement. It’s an update to the 2016 recommendation, in which the task force recommended that biennial mammograms, which are x-rays of the breasts, start at age 50 and that the decision for women to screen in their 40s “should be an individual one.” Some groups, such as the American Cancer Society, already have been recommending for women to start mammograms in their 40s. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States, and rates of death are highest among Black women. Read more from CNN here.