Breast cancer screening should begin at age 40, US panel says

NEW YORK - Women at average risk for breast cancer should get screening mammograms every other year starting at age 40, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said on Tuesday (April 30), cementing insurance coverage for the procedure for that age group under the law. The USPSTF's influential recommendation, published in Jama, reverses its controversial 2009 guidance that breast...

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