The American Cancer Society's New Mammogram Guidelines
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The American Cancer Society has changed its recommended age for women to start getting annual mammograms from 40 to 45. That's caused uncertainty for young women and doctors. What's worse, the risk of false positives that lead to fear and unnecessary treatments or the risk of death?
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| 0:25.5 | New guidelines create confusion about mammograms. |
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| 0:37.6 | Americans care about most. Breast cancer kills 41,000 American women every year, but hundreds of |
| 0:43.6 | thousands survive largely because of early diagnosis. One big question is, how early? Mammograms can |
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| 0:56.5 | Now, after years of recommending annual mammograms starting at age 40, the American Cancer Society |
| 1:01.6 | says 45. |
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| 1:45.2 | Hello again, Mormon. I'll be back with To the Point. The American Cancer Society has changed its |
| 1:49.6 | recommended age for women to start getting annual mammograms from 40 to 45. That's caused uncertainty |
| 1:56.0 | for younger women and their doctors. What's worse? The risk of false positives that lead to fear |
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