KMBC9 BRITTANY FOSTER HAS MORE ON MOBILE MAMMOGRAM SCREENINGS, BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND IF YOU’RE A WOMAN WHO HASN’T HAD YOURS YET THIS YEAR, A SPECIAL BUS MIGHT BE ABLE ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — Deciding when to get routine mammograms is confusing. Some health groups recommend women begin at age ...

WASHINGTON — Deciding when to get routine mammograms is confusing. Some health groups recommend women begin at age 40 or 45 while another recently opted for age 50. They also differ on whether yearly ...

If you’ve been trying to keep up with mammogram recommendations lately, you’re not alone. In April 2026, one of the country’s largest medical organizations updated its guidance, and it doesn’t fully ...

The American College of Physicians is changing its guidelines for when women should get mammography screenings. The guidelines make screenings more personalized based on age, risk factors, breast ...

As the face of cancer in the U.S. gets younger and younger, more women should know about — and take advantage of — their options for breast cancer screening, experts say. Rates of breast cancer among ...

Recent research suggests that breast arterial calcification (BAC) picked up on routine mammograms may help predict a woman's risk of stroke, heart failure, and dying from a cardiac-related cause.

For decades, breast cancer screening has been synonymous with the mammogram. Women’s preventive care has centered on the annual test, and for good reason: 1 in 8 women in the United States are ...

Technological advances in cancer screenings help lower the number of cancer deaths. That's according to the latest report from the American Cancer Society, which also attributes better treatments to a ...

A new study suggests that annual mammograms may not be the only effective approach for preventing breast cancer. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), ...