Currently, breast screening is recommended for women aged 50 to 74. Women over 40 can also have a free mammogram every two years.

But researchers have looked at what happens when the type of screening is adjusted depending on your risk.

High-risk women would undergo more intense screening, while screening for low-risk women wouldn’t happen at all until they reach 50.

Guest/s

• Professor Dorothy Keefe, CEO, Cancer Australia

References

• Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening: The WISDOM Randomized Clinical Trial