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Mammograms save lives
The most lives are saved from breast cancer when women get screened every year, starting at age 40.
Starting yearly mammograms at age 40 has helped cut breast cancer deaths by more than 40 percent.
Why are mammograms important?
Breast cancer is an important health issue for women in their 40s. It is the second leading cause of all deaths for women in this age group.
- Half of all fatal breast cancers are diagnosed before age 50.
- All of the major health care groups agree that yearly screening starting at age 40 saves the most lives. In fact, starting screening at age 40 will save 100,000 more lives every decade than starting at age 50.
- Black, Hispanic and Asian women are at particularly high risk of developing aggressive forms of early onset breast cancer, particularly in their 40s.
- Women who do not get screened and develop breast cancer in their 40s are almost 3.5 times more likely to need a mastectomy and 2.5 times more likely to need chemotherapy.
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