Mammography use among women younger than 40 years old differ between minority populations
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
Breast cancer screening guidelines generally recommend mammography begin at age 40. However, based on prior national research, an estimated 34 percent of non-Hispanic black women, 30 percent of non-Hispanic white women and 22 percent of Hispanic women aged 30 to 39 have reported having a mammogram.