This website considers your overall health and risk factors for breast cancer to estimate your chance of breast cancer and of death in the next 10 years.
This information may help you decide:
- How often to have a mammogram (for example every year or every other year)
- When to stop having mammograms
- Whether to consider taking medicine to prevent breast cancer if you are at higher risk of breast cancer
This website is for women age 55 and older from all backgrounds. This website is not for women who:
- Are younger than 55 years old
- Have a history of breast cancer, breast cancer gene mutation(s), chest radiation, or have had a breast biopsy that showed abnormal cells
- Were not female at birth
How often to have a mammogram:
Guidelines recommend women age 55 and older have mammograms every 1 to 2 years.
The American Cancer Society recommends:
Mammograms every 2 years for women age 55 and older with good overall health likely to live more than 10 years.
The United State Preventive Services Task Force recommends:
Mammograms every 2 years until age 75.
The American College of Radiology recommends:
Mammograms every year as long as life expectancy is not limited.
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends:
Women make their own decision whether to have mammograms every year or every 2 years.
When to stop having mammograms:
Guidelines recommend women stop having mammograms at age 75 or when life expectancy is less than 10 years.
This website was designed to give you information about your risk of breast cancer and the benefits and downsides of mammograms to help with these decisions.
