Reply #8: Mammograms [View All]

[PinkyisBlue]

I don't think anyone is advocating having 21 year old girls getting annual mammograms. The current recommendation is for women to begin getting mammograms at age 40, and these new recommendations are for women to wait until age 50 before getting a mammogram. I believe this is politicizing breast cancer. If these recommendations are accepted, insurance companies may refuse to pay for a mammogram until a woman is age 50; this will result in a lot of missed cancers and, likely, more deaths.

By the way, my own sister was diagnosed at age 39 with breast cancer and died of the disease just after her 49th birthday. It's not just an older woman's disease. More and more younger women are diagnosed with this terrible cancer.