New breast screening guidelines in the USA

The American Cancer Society has issued new guidelines which recommend women start having mammograms at 45 instead of 40, and that they don't need to have routine manual breast checks by their general practitioners.

There seems to be a few different approaches in America with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynegologists recommending regular mammograms from 40, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends age 50, and now the American Caner Society recommends age 45.  BreastScreen Australia targets women from 50-74, but women from 40 are eligible for free screening. 

Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk : 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society is freely published in JAMA.

314(15):1599-1614. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.12783