US panel recommends all women receive breast cancer screening from 40

The US Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts that receives federal funding, previously said that women in their 40s should make an individual decision about when to start mammograms based on their health history and reserved its mandatory recommendation for people turning 50. Its new guidance was based on a review of evidence and a modeling study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and finalizes a draft recommendation proposed last year. "More...