The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released new recommendations, stating all women should start mammography at age 40. Their previous guidance stated screening should start no later than age 50.

Women should get mammograms every two years from age 40 through 74, an independent panel of disease-prevention experts said in new recommendations

All women should start getting mammograms every other year beginning at age 40, the nation's top panel of preventive health experts announced Tuesday.

New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say breast cancer screening should begin at 40 and continue every other year through age 74.