Breast Cancer Advice Shifts

Upending one of the most widely followed medical directives for women, an influential panel of experts is recommending that women 50 and older get screened for breast cancer only once every two years and that most women in their 40s skip the test altogether. The panel also concludes that breast self-exams — a drill that women for decades have been told to perform each month — do not reduce mortality from breast cancer, but instead lead to more biopsies producing results that are benign/ Seattle Times . More here .

Question: What do you make of this shift re: exams for breast cancer?