the current breast screening guidelines are an update of the 2002 breast screening recommendations. at that time the [u. s. preventative services task force] usptf recommended a screening mammogram every one to two years for all women over 40 years old. also at that time the usptf stated there was insufficient evidence to encourage breast self-exam by women nor clinical breast exams by doctors. the 2009 recommendations for breast cancer screening now are: no routine screening mammograms in low-risk women until age 50; then every other year until age 75. teaching women to do breast self-exams is not recommended. clinical breast exams by doctors are still not supported by sufficient evidence.
are these new mammogram screening guidelines really new and different?