UVM study finds declining breast cancer screening rates for at-risk women
Vermont Public
Back in 2009, a panel of independent health care experts changed its guidelines on breast cancer screenings to recommend that women begin getting routine mammograms at age 50, instead of 40.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force also noted “insufficient evidence” for screening women aged 75 and older.
Flash forward to today — a recent study from the University of Vermont Cancer Center finds that at-risk women across America are getting far fewer mammograms than they did 15 years ago…
The study also found that Vermont has seen the second largest decline of any state in the union.