American women’s concerns about their risk of breast cancer has subsided in the past six years and few can cite either the age or frequency at which mammograms are recommended – signs of the ongoing challenge in keeping breast cancer awareness at the forefront of public attention.
While mammograms are common, this new ABC News poll finds that one in four women age 50 and older, the now-recommended age, don’t report ever having had one. [cont.]
Gary Langer, ABC News