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I think this is a dangerous trend. First we are told that self-exams are unnecessary and now mammograms?
Nothing in my genetic history or lifestyle choices would have increased my risk for BC yet I was diagnosed with BC just after my 43rd birthday. I noticed a lump while in the shower and had it examined ASAP through mammography and ultrasound. Whatever images the radiologist saw caused enough concern to require a core needle biopsy which confirmed the malignancy. After a lumpectomy, re-excision, chemotherapy, radiation, adjuvent drug therapy, and ultimately a bilateral mastectomy/DIEP, I am in remission. The oncologist recommends that my daughter to have a baseline mam when she is 23 (20 years younger than my age when diagnosed). I hope this recommendation won't change.
I wonder if insurance companies will cover mams for <50 women who think they feel something that ultimately turn out to be nothing or for young women with family history.
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....but some are more equal than others.
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