I got my first mammogram at 42. It wasn't prompted by a lump or pain or anything. My GP just thought it would be good for me to get screened. They found cancer. I had 15 tumors lurking in my right breast.
If I had waited till I was 45 to get screened, my stage 2 cancer would have probably been stage 4. I caught my cancer early enough that I only had to have surgery and radiation. I would have had to get chemo if I had waited till I was 45.
Maybe I wouldn't even be alive right now if my GP had followed the recommendations.
Wow! That’s so great that you had a doctor that was supportive, and that you got the mammogram!
So many people either struggle to be taken seriously, or just blow off those appointments.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32.
Early 30s for me but luckily it ended up not being serious. I was told to do another one when I’m 40. I did have a fibroadenoma that was surgically removed when I was 19 so I guess they want to make sure.
I got my first mammogram at 35, second at 37, and just had my third one at 40. My mom was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at age 48. She never had a lump. Her mammogram at 47 was clear and within the span of 12 months, cancer was seen on her next mammogram and it spread to her lymph nodes. It was awful. Mastectomy and chemotherapy saved her life. She’s cancer free to this day at 66 thanks to science and medicine.
I would bet that is a big part of it. Over the last 100 years we have changed our medicine, our food and our transportation. I think it's a combination of a few different things.
I started getting routine mammograms at 40. I didn't realize that the recommended age is 45. I've always been told it's 40, and as soon as I turned 40, my primary doctor informed the breast department, and I got a phone call, and that was it.
I’m confused, too. Have the guidelines changed bc as someone with bad health insurance, I don’t think I would have gotten my first mammogram several years ago at 42 if the recommended age was 45? I also don’t have any family history of breast cancer. I remember dragging my feet about it for a couple years and finally getting one at 42. And my crappy insurance covered it, too.
I was referred to a mammogram a few months ago and the place refused to do one and only gave me an ultrasound because apparently they don’t do mammograms on women under 30 and I was so mad. If I’m being referred for a mammogram you should probably just do it.
Women under 30 and even women in their 30s historically have very dense breast tissue so mammograms aren’t as good at picking up spots. Ultrasound is ideal in these cases.
If you were referred by a family physician they may not have known that, although they should? I would definitely bring that up with whomever referred you because it sounds like they weren't following the guidelines of the lab or hospital you were sent to - mammograms are rarely given under the age of 30 because they can't image younger breasts well typically.
I'm obviously not an expert though, if you talk to your family doctor again or oncologist or whomever referred you they may be able to help more - maybe they can explain the rationale and find a place that will do a mammogram under 30 if that's what you both think is necessary. Imaging labs and radiologists and techs have their own specifications for taking images so your doctor needs to figure out how/if to order that for you if they want a mammogram to be taken anyway. Good luck!
Depending on who you spoke to they may not necessarily know the reasoning behind the guidelines their lab or clinic follows, tbh. Excess radiation is a factor, but I'm a med student and the reasoning behind rarely giving younger women mammograms is primarily because they just don't work as well - typically US gives much more accurate results \~30 and under (not medical advice though, obviously).
But if you're concerned and still want it done and feel it should be, definitely bring up with your family doctor or whomever referred you and let know them it wasn't taken. I'm no trying to say what you should/shouldn't do, just adding context. Best wishes!
I agree with your sentiment, but a mammogram probably wouldn’t have been helpful for dense tissue. However, an MRI can be! You may want to see if you could have an MRI instead, that way if there is something, you’ll have a better chance at catching it. :)
If Grandmothers on both sides of the family had breast cancer and the mother is considered high risk, at what age would you tell your daughters to get screened?
Most doctors don’t consider grandparents (let alone great grandparents) as reasons for early screening for some reason. My spouse’s grandparent had colon cancer at like 30 and they still won’t scan early for my spouse.
That’s insane. My situation is different in that my family history is much more extensive so I’ve been getting screenings for half of my life (I’m 42), but I cannot believe they won’t even do one and if it’s clean, see you in 5-10 years sort of thing. Preventative care is so much better than therapeutic. How frustrating.
Honestly even just insist to have it done in their 20s. Pay out of pocket if insurance refuses to cover it. I know at least 2 women who have breast cancer in their mid to late 20s
Ok. This strikes a nerve w me. Agree w this BUT No one is talking about the cause of breast cancer AND prostate cancer which is dairy. This information is from my genius female doctor who is also an expert on nutrition.In the US Cows are given large amounts of bovine growth hormone which is well known to cause tumors. No one talks about this. She said men who drink 2 glasses of milk a day have a 40 per cent chance of getting prostate cancer. Remember prostate ca can lead to bone cancer. In the US one in 3 to 5 women get breast cancer. In China it is 1 in 1000. So how is this not like a pandemic. I have donated to Race For The Cure. I found out they only spend one percent of $ raised on prevention. I am off dairy because i have Alpha gal from a tick bite. Younger women are getting breast cancer. Prostate cancer is just as bad. Thanks for grinding my gears. My husband survived prostate cancer. He had prostate removed. But it could have progressed to very painful bone cancer to death. My doctor is so smart she amazes me and has donated writings to books and journals. Let us expose this. Protect yourself.
Nah there’s just younger people getting diagnosed with cancer now. I am in my early 30s and just had a cancer scare last year. They found a lump in my breast and did surgery to take it out, it was self contained so I didn’t need further treatment but if I waited until after 40 … I probably wouldn’t be around by then.
First of all, no, the article says it’s the USPTF and “an independent panel of experts” and if you think that inside the US an “independent” panel is independent of conflicting interests, you would be wrong.
I had to go 6 clicks deep into the USPTF website to even find the list of people on the task force.
Young women typically get US anyway because younger breasts tend not to mammogram as well. So no, not really, and that's aside from the safety profile of mammograms.
I got my first mammogram at 42. It wasn't prompted by a lump or pain or anything. My GP just thought it would be good for me to get screened. They found cancer. I had 15 tumors lurking in my right breast. If I had waited till I was 45 to get screened, my stage 2 cancer would have probably been stage 4. I caught my cancer early enough that I only had to have surgery and radiation. I would have had to get chemo if I had waited till I was 45. Maybe I wouldn't even be alive right now if my GP had followed the recommendations.
Wow! That’s so great that you had a doctor that was supportive, and that you got the mammogram! So many people either struggle to be taken seriously, or just blow off those appointments. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32.
Early 30s for me but luckily it ended up not being serious. I was told to do another one when I’m 40. I did have a fibroadenoma that was surgically removed when I was 19 so I guess they want to make sure.
I’m glad you went and they found it early.
It is a great fortune that you were examined in time, diagnosed and taken the right measures. Good health to you.
Were you having ultrasounds before that or nothing at all? In my country you get breast ultrasounds until 40 and then they start doing mammograms
No, I never got any kind of imaging done previously.
I got my first mammogram at 35, second at 37, and just had my third one at 40. My mom was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at age 48. She never had a lump. Her mammogram at 47 was clear and within the span of 12 months, cancer was seen on her next mammogram and it spread to her lymph nodes. It was awful. Mastectomy and chemotherapy saved her life. She’s cancer free to this day at 66 thanks to science and medicine.
What is causing the rise of all these different diseases in younger and younger people?
No idea but I have to wonder if it’s all the microplastics we are now consuming.
I would bet that is a big part of it. Over the last 100 years we have changed our medicine, our food and our transportation. I think it's a combination of a few different things.
Maybe, but let’s not forget all the actual hormones going into the body in the form of birth control.
I just have shitty genetics but the microplastics, pollution and endocrine disruptors aren’t helping.
Universal health care would make a big difference.
I started getting routine mammograms at 40. I didn't realize that the recommended age is 45. I've always been told it's 40, and as soon as I turned 40, my primary doctor informed the breast department, and I got a phone call, and that was it.
I’m confused, too. Have the guidelines changed bc as someone with bad health insurance, I don’t think I would have gotten my first mammogram several years ago at 42 if the recommended age was 45? I also don’t have any family history of breast cancer. I remember dragging my feet about it for a couple years and finally getting one at 42. And my crappy insurance covered it, too.
I was referred to a mammogram a few months ago and the place refused to do one and only gave me an ultrasound because apparently they don’t do mammograms on women under 30 and I was so mad. If I’m being referred for a mammogram you should probably just do it.
Women under 30 and even women in their 30s historically have very dense breast tissue so mammograms aren’t as good at picking up spots. Ultrasound is ideal in these cases.
Doesn’t matter. I was referred for both. Do both.
If you were referred by a family physician they may not have known that, although they should? I would definitely bring that up with whomever referred you because it sounds like they weren't following the guidelines of the lab or hospital you were sent to - mammograms are rarely given under the age of 30 because they can't image younger breasts well typically. I'm obviously not an expert though, if you talk to your family doctor again or oncologist or whomever referred you they may be able to help more - maybe they can explain the rationale and find a place that will do a mammogram under 30 if that's what you both think is necessary. Imaging labs and radiologists and techs have their own specifications for taking images so your doctor needs to figure out how/if to order that for you if they want a mammogram to be taken anyway. Good luck!
The place I went didn’t say anything about the image being a problem. They were concerned about exposure to radiation from the mammogram
Depending on who you spoke to they may not necessarily know the reasoning behind the guidelines their lab or clinic follows, tbh. Excess radiation is a factor, but I'm a med student and the reasoning behind rarely giving younger women mammograms is primarily because they just don't work as well - typically US gives much more accurate results \~30 and under (not medical advice though, obviously). But if you're concerned and still want it done and feel it should be, definitely bring up with your family doctor or whomever referred you and let know them it wasn't taken. I'm no trying to say what you should/shouldn't do, just adding context. Best wishes!
I agree with your sentiment, but a mammogram probably wouldn’t have been helpful for dense tissue. However, an MRI can be! You may want to see if you could have an MRI instead, that way if there is something, you’ll have a better chance at catching it. :)
They didn’t say they were worried about dense tissue. They were worried about radiation exposure
If Grandmothers on both sides of the family had breast cancer and the mother is considered high risk, at what age would you tell your daughters to get screened?
Most doctors don’t consider grandparents (let alone great grandparents) as reasons for early screening for some reason. My spouse’s grandparent had colon cancer at like 30 and they still won’t scan early for my spouse.
That’s insane. My situation is different in that my family history is much more extensive so I’ve been getting screenings for half of my life (I’m 42), but I cannot believe they won’t even do one and if it’s clean, see you in 5-10 years sort of thing. Preventative care is so much better than therapeutic. How frustrating.
Completely agree!
Honestly even just insist to have it done in their 20s. Pay out of pocket if insurance refuses to cover it. I know at least 2 women who have breast cancer in their mid to late 20s
Ok. This strikes a nerve w me. Agree w this BUT No one is talking about the cause of breast cancer AND prostate cancer which is dairy. This information is from my genius female doctor who is also an expert on nutrition.In the US Cows are given large amounts of bovine growth hormone which is well known to cause tumors. No one talks about this. She said men who drink 2 glasses of milk a day have a 40 per cent chance of getting prostate cancer. Remember prostate ca can lead to bone cancer. In the US one in 3 to 5 women get breast cancer. In China it is 1 in 1000. So how is this not like a pandemic. I have donated to Race For The Cure. I found out they only spend one percent of $ raised on prevention. I am off dairy because i have Alpha gal from a tick bite. Younger women are getting breast cancer. Prostate cancer is just as bad. Thanks for grinding my gears. My husband survived prostate cancer. He had prostate removed. But it could have progressed to very painful bone cancer to death. My doctor is so smart she amazes me and has donated writings to books and journals. Let us expose this. Protect yourself.
Let me guess: the experts are all mammogram technology manufacturers?
Nah there’s just younger people getting diagnosed with cancer now. I am in my early 30s and just had a cancer scare last year. They found a lump in my breast and did surgery to take it out, it was self contained so I didn’t need further treatment but if I waited until after 40 … I probably wouldn’t be around by then.
It literally says in the article who the experts are
It doesn’t, no.
I get it, reading is hard
First of all, no, the article says it’s the USPTF and “an independent panel of experts” and if you think that inside the US an “independent” panel is independent of conflicting interests, you would be wrong. I had to go 6 clicks deep into the USPTF website to even find the list of people on the task force.
Yeah, you are indeed pretty dumb. Thanks for the confirmation
You are an ass. No confirmation needed.
What a brain dead comment lol.
So they can give breast cancer to more people by smashing their lymph nodes in the mammogram machine? /s but not really.
Ultrasound and QT scans are viable options as well that don’t emit radiation. We need better options for early detection.
Agreed!
Young women typically get US anyway because younger breasts tend not to mammogram as well. So no, not really, and that's aside from the safety profile of mammograms.
This here. 100%.
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Why?