Items Tagged ‘breast cancer screenings’
July 3, 2012
Fewer Younger Women Are Getting Mammograms
In the year after an expert panel’s recommendation that women delay regular breast cancer screenings until age 50, the number of women in their 40s undergoing mammograms slightly declined, a new study shows. The study, carried out by the Mayo Clinic, found a drop of roughly 6 percent in the number of mammograms among these […]
Tags: breast cancer screenings, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Dr. Nilay Shah, mammorgrams, New York Times