National Task Force Not Lowering Age for Routine Breast Cancer Screening to 40

A woman gets a mammogram at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., on May 22, 2015. Detroit Free Press via AP, File/Kimberly P. Mitchell

A national task force that provides guidance for primary health-care providers is not lowering the recommended breast cancer screening age to 40, despite urging from several cancer specialists, surgeons and radiologists.

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has been reviewing its current advice that women start routine breast cancer screening at age 50.