This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. 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. Women of average risk be screened annually starting at 45, then every two years starting at 55. Dr. Kevin oeffinger of Memoria
Pressure to run. After House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy dropped his bid earlier this month. C b s news correspondent Brook Silva Braga is in new york. I came to the conclusion that this is a very dire moment, not just for congress, not just for the republican party, but for our country. The announcement came after ryan spoke to House Republicans in a closeddoor meeting tuesday setting several conditions for taking the job. He wants to change house rules to make it harder to be removed as speaker and spend much less time fundraising than boehner has. sot rep. Paul ryan rwisconsin i cannot and i will not give up my family time. I may not be on the road as much as previous speakers but i pledge to make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz is among those already rallying behind own campaign for the spot sot rep. Jason chaffetz rutah im out, and im in with paul. hes the right person at the right time. sot rep.
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 premature mortality as well as balanci
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