The age that they stop doing mammograms is age 74.
Doctors recommend mammograms until at least age 74 and after 74 many women no longer need or want to have mammograms.
Although today, many experts still recommend that as long as you're in good overall health that you should get mammograms after 74, especially if you have an expected life expectancy of at least another 10 years.
It's also recommended that you have mammograms done every 2 years until age 74.
But it's ultimately up to you as to when you should stop having your mammograms done.
There's no universally mandated age to stop having mammograms, but the benefits of the mammograms can decrease as you age and the risk of overdiagnosis also increases as you age.
However women that are at high risk of breast cancer or women who have a family history of breast cancer or genetic markers might need to continue having mammograms after 74 and should follow their doctor's advice on when they should stop with the mammograms, which can be later than the general population.
Mammogram are low dose X-ray imaging tests that are commonly recommended to be done annually for women that are at average risk of breast cancer, starting at age 40 to detect any breast cancer early.
Mammograms are crucial for finding breast cancer tumors before they are able to be felt, which improves breast cancer survival rates significantly.
The mammogram procedure also involves compressing your breast tissue between plates, which can cause some minor discomfort.
Risks of mammograms include overdiagnosis and false positives.
Mammograms are mainly used as a screening tool for early breast cancer detection, although mammograms are also used as a diagnostic tool for investigating other specific breast symptoms like skin changes, pain or lumps.
When doing the mammogram, a doctor will position each of your breasts on a machine, compress the breast briefly and take images from different angles.
While mammograms are often safe, they can result in false positive results that could indicate cancer when none exist or even sometimes miss cancer by resulting in false negatives.
Guidelines also recommend that you start having mammograms at age 40, or sometimes earlier if you're high risk for breast cancer, or having a BRCA gene or family history.