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determined that at age 42 black women tend to have the same risk level for dying of breast cancer that other races and ethnic groups have in their fifties and early sixties. but the chief patient officer at the american cancer society, he told me that they already recommend that all women start to consider mammogram screenings. at age 40 have a listen. i think that conversation needs to happen from each 40 onwards. and so you know, for my family members and for the patients i talked to at 40. i try to find a compelling reason. why not to do screening mammogram? but for most women, we don t find a reason not to do it, and we get them scheduled to get it done now. victor and amra a potential downside to screening early as the risk of getting a false, positive test result. that s when something is mistaken for cancer, leading to more tests and emotional stress , and this is more common and women. who are younger and those with dense breast tissue, so it s important to talk to your doctor

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