 [ Symptoms ] who is making the new recommendations about mammogram screening [ Disease ] the suggested screening mammogram guidelines were announced by the u s preventative services task force usptf this group makes recommendations based upon the most current scientific evidence for screening tests in persons without apparent symptoms of a disease that is apparently healthy persons without marked risk factors in the case of the breast screening tests women without a strong family history of breast cancer without genetic traits like the brca 1 gene mutation no personal history of breast cancer no radiation to the chest and no breast mass are the target group for these recommendations