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Concerned About New Mammography Recommendations? Sign the Petition
Dear Breastcancer.org Community Member, During the past week, we’ve heard from so many of you as we’ve
all been reacting to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
proposed new recommendations on routine screening mammography. The proposed new guidelines recommend starting regular screening
mammograms at age 50, rather than at age 40 as current guidelines
recommend. They recommend screening before age 50 only for women
with a much-higher-than-average risk of breast cancer. The proposed
new guidelines also call for mammograms to be done every other year
instead of every year. At Breastcancer.org, we are deeply troubled by both the analysis
that led to these proposed guideline changes and the effect these
proposed changes would have on the health and lives of women. We
know that many of you are equally troubled -- some outraged -- by
these recommendations. Therefore, Breastcancer.org has started a
petition to encourage governing bodies and key medical
institutions to preserve the present screening guidelines, and to
enable supporters of the task force recommendations to hear and
understand the scale of opposition to the proposed change. Be heard. Learn more and
sign the petition. Sincerely,
Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. President and Founder Breastcancer.org
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