ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Alarmed by an increase in breast cancer diagnoses among younger women and persistently high death rates among Black women in particular, health experts on Tuesday offered a stark revision to the standard medical advice on mammograms. Women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds who are at average risk for breast cancer should start getting regular mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until they are 50, as previously recommended, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said. The group issues influential guidelines on preventive health, and its recommendations usually are widely adopted in the U.S. But the new advice, issued as a draft, represents something of a reversal. In 2009, the USPSTF raised the age for starting routine mammograms to 50, from 40. At the time, researchers were concerned that earlier screening would do more harm than good, leading to unnecessary treatment in younger women, including biopsies that turn out to be negative. But there have been troubling trends in breast cancer in recent years. They include an apparent increase in the number of cancers diagnosed in women under 50 and a failure to narrow the survival gap for younger Black women, who die of breast cancer at twice the rate of white women of the same age. What else should you know about the new mammogram advice? Tap the link in our bio to read more about what it might mean for you.」5月10日 0時16分