Pelley we begin tonight with a story that could affect virtually every woman. Today the American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for screening for Breast Cancer, a disease that kills 40,000 american women every year. It now says that women should get their first mammogram years later than previously recommended. We asked our dr. Jon lapook whats behind this change. Ready . Reporter ready or not, today 49yearold Kimberly Taylor finally got her first mammogram. I really took the advice of the doctor at first in consideration, but it was very confusing. Reporter in recent years medical groups have disagreed about when to start screening and how often to do it. A major test suggested mammography every other year starting at 50. The American Cancer Society previously recommended annual screenings beginning at 40. Todays new guidelines recommend women of average risk be screened annually starting at 45, then every two years starting at 55. Dr. Kevin oeffinger of Memorial Sloan Ketterin
American women every year. It now says that women should get their first mammogram years later than previously recommended. We asked our dr. Jon lapook whats behind this change. Ready . Reporter ready or not, today 49yearold Kimberly Taylor finally got her first mammogram. I really took the advice of the doctor at first in consideration, but it was very confusing. Reporter in recent years medical groups have disagreed about when to start screening and how often to do it. A major test suggested mammography every other year starting at 50. The American Cancer Society previously recommended annual screenings beginning at 40. Todays new guidelines recommend women of average risk be screened annually starting at 45, then every two years starting at 55. Dr. Kevin oeffinger of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center chaired the guidelines panel. From 45 on we felt that best chance of both reducing premature mortality as well as balancing the potential Harms Associated with mammography. Reporte
X x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x [incoming text sound effect] [keyboard tapping in rhythm] [seat belt alarm chiming, buckle clicking in rhythm] [car doors slamming, keys jangling in rhythm] [engine turns over] another politician who wants things on his own terms is russian president Vladimir Putin, who has now gone to war to save syrian dictator bashar al assad. Last night assad showed up unexpectedly in moscow, the first time hes left home since a rebellion broke out four years ago. Mark phillips now on putins game plan. Reporter this was a lot more than just a courtesy dropby between old friends. It was a thanks for everything, and i mean everything dropby. Vladimir putins jets are now effectively Bashar Al Assads air force. That may
For screening for Breast Cancer, a disease that kills 40,000 american women every year. It now says that women should get their first mammogram years later than previously recommended. We asked our dr. Jon lapook whats behind this change. Ready . Reporter ready or not, today 49yearold Kimberly Taylor finally got her first mammogram. I really took the advice of the doctor at first in consideration, but it was very confusing. Reporter in recent years medical groups have disagreed about when to start screening and how often to do it. A major test suggested mammography every other year starting at 50. The American Cancer Society previously recommended annual screenings beginning at 40. Todays new guidelines recommend women of average risk be screened annually starting at 45, then every two years starting at 55. Dr. Kevin oeffinger of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center chaired the guidelines panel. From 45 on we felt that annual mammography gave us our best chance of both reducing prema
Another politician who wants things on his own terms is russian president Vladimir Putin, who has now gone to war to save syrian dictator bashar al assad. Last night assad showed up unexpectedly in moscow, the first time hes left home since a rebellion broke out four years ago. Mark phillips now on putins game plan. Reporter this was a lot more than just a courtesy dropby between old friends. It was a thanks for everything, and i mean everything dropby. Vladimir putins jets are now effectively Bashar Al Assads air force. That may explain the smile. And that air force was in action during the meeting. The russians say they hit 83 targets over the past day, including these two strikes on what moscow claims were a rebel leaders Meeting Place and a logistics camp. Theres no longer any pretense of only hitting isis targets. Most russian attacks have been on assads other enemies, including rebels supported by the u. S. And the airstrikes have another purpose theyre bombing russia back to bei