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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 

 
Can Conflicting Guidelines Threaten Women’s Covered Access to Mammograms?
 
Why Women Should Continue to Get Yearly Mammograms
 
A federal mandate that effectively requires insurers to cover women for mammograms will run out next year. Unless the mandate is renewed or government recommendations revised to match those of breast cancer experts, women ages 40-and over would lose guaranteed insurance coverage for annual mammograms.
 
Experts from the American College will be available for interviews Wednesday Sept. 28, from 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM EDT.
 
The doctors can discuss the impending insurance upheaval, why screening should start at 40 and not be limited to women at high risk for the disease, feelings women have about getting a mammogram, and what to expect during the exam.
 
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging say women should begin receiving screening annually beginning at age 40. 
 
Research shows that the incidence of breast cancer increases sharply around age 40. Mammography screening cuts the risk of dying from breast cancer nearly in half. Early breast cancer detection also enables less extensive surgery, fewer mastectomies, and less frequent or aggressive chemotherapy for any cancers found.
 

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