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At what age should women start getting mammograms when their mother has had breast cancer before 50?

April 26, 2017age breast cancer Health mammograms mother women Women's

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At what age should women start getting mammograms when their mother has had breast cancer before 50?

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If you’d like my opinion, I’d suggest starting yearly mammograms at 35 if breast cancer runs in your family. A standard guideline says to do a baseline mammogram between 35 and 40 and then start yearlys then. But given your circumstance, I’d just go yearly from 35 on. John Jones, M.D.