NATION IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Women Over 50 Skip Mammograms
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Many women over 50 years old don’t get mammograms because they mistakenly think they don’t need them, according to an American Medical Assn. study released in Chicago. The study found that while more than 90% of the women polled in various surveys visited a doctor regularly, just 25% to 41% received X-ray breast examinations during the previous year. The American Cancer Society recommends women have a mammogram between the ages of 35 and 39, one every two years between 40 and 49, and one annually after that.
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