Why US experts are now recommending breast cancer screenings for women in their 40s

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An expert panel said lowering the age recommendation from 50 to 40 could make a difference as more and more women in their 40s are being diagnosed with breast cancer.

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00:40 We are calling again for additional research

00:45 to understand whether and how additional screening,

00:49 whether it be with MRI, ultrasound, or something else,

00:53 might be beneficial for helping reduce that higher

00:56 risk for breast cancer and detecting breast cancer

01:00 at an earlier, more treatable stage.

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01:10 For the very first time, we could model health outcomes

01:14 specific to Black women.

01:17 And what we find is that benefit that we talked about

01:22 for screening all women starting at age 40 every other year

01:28 has even more benefit for women who are Black.

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