Mammo Guidelines Hot off the Presses

These newest breast cancer guidelines are a little more in line with my way of thinking. They are separate from ones issued earlier and contradict those recommendations to wait until you're 50 and then screen every other year.

These say to start at 40, screen every year, and women with a high risk by way of BRCA mutation or dense breasts should add other tests, too.

I don't like that they throw dense breasts in there at the end and say we should have a mammogram and a sonogram.

I've had sonograms, and they just aren't practical for screening an entire breast. I'm convinced it's a money thing that stops experts short of saying women with dense breasts should get a mammogram and an MRI. I think that's the proper recommendation, but at least this is a little closer to it than what's been out there so far.

I'll keep harping on it and hoping for the best.

I'll keep you posted.