american college of obgyn is still to start at the age of 40. if you look at a study that came out of cancer in september showed 70% of the women they followed for over ten years diagnosed with breast cancer, 70% of the women who died, did not have screening mammograms, and the majority of the women who died were diagnosed in their 40s. and to tell a woman that she shouldn t get screened during her 40s if she doesn t have any risk factors is misleading, because 70% of the patients diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of breast cancer. so i m afraid we re going to lose those lives of those women who feel like they are safe and they don t need to get a mammogram. mammography does save lives, and it does save lives of women in their 40s. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. coming up, it s already legal in colorado and washington, now a third state could legalize marijuana for recreational use and it s getting support from an unlikely
year? a new recommendation. the recommendations change every couple of years. the latest one, as you point out, is the recommendation that women at the age of 40 and regularly thereafter, should have screening mammograms. other people who are more interested in the economy and cost and so on, say that they shouldn t start until later in life, later in the late 40s or 50s and have it every two years. i mean, ideally, breast cancer should be identified at its earliest appearance and the best way to do that is to have the screening mammogram every year after the age of 40. breast cancer is a major killer of women and it can be. the threat can be eliminated if the cancer is detected early. probably when it is too small to
recommendations for breast cancer screening, the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists say women over 40 should have a mammogram every year? a new recommendation. the recommendations change every couple of years. the latest one, as you point out, is the recommendation that women at the age of 40 and regularly thereafter, should have screening mammograms. other people who are more interested in the economy and cost and so on, say that they shouldn t start until later in life, later in the late 40s or 50s and have it every two years. i mean, ideally, breast cancer should be identified at its earliest appearance and the best way to do that is to have the screening mammogram every year after the age of 40. breast cancer is a major killer of women and it can be. the