There has been news recently about the debate over whether all women in their forties, who are generally considered to be at the point of starting to get into the higher risk category for getting breast cancer, should be getting mammograms. 

The big debate is, that while most doctors have been advising patients to get yearly mammograms as soon as they hit 40 years old, now a panel is saying their recommendation is only for women in their fifties to have this done across the board, but women in their 40′s, who are not naturally at as high of a risk for breast cancer, should only get the mammogram screenings yearly if they are in a high risk target group.  What makes you at high risk for breast cancer? 

If any female in your family has had breast cancer, especially a mother or a sister, has had breast cancer, then you should be getting them done even if you’re only in your forties, not yet in your fifties.  The reason that some physicians are now being more “discriminatory” in who they give mammograms to reportedly is to avoid the dangers of mammograms if a woman is not at high risk, such as unnecessary radiation, chemotherapy, boipsies, removal and other invasive and potentially health endangering methods of diagnosing breast cancer tumors.  What do you think?  Feel free to comment.  

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