The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending women start getting every-other-year mammograms at the age of 40 instead of 50, a decision pushed for and supported by the Hawaii Radiological Society.
Source: Hawaii Tribune Herald
Task force recommends new age for mammograms: “Not only huge for Hawaii, but good for the nation.”
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