Mammograms

New draft recommendations advocate starting biennial mammographies at age 40. Evidence said to be insufficient for screenings in women aged 75 years and older.

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment after late-life screenings may harm more older women than are helped — especially those with multiple comorbidities, investigators say.

The guidance, developed by a national panel of experts, aims to correct the inconsistent use of mammography in this population, especially when life expectancy is limited, the authors say.

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Thousands of elderly women with severe dementia are receiving mammograms, despite recommendations that this group should not be subject to this medical procedure, according to a recent study.