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From Health Behavioral News Service:

What older American women say about receiving regular mammograms and what they actually do are two different things, suggests a new study.

And unlike prior studies based on patient self-reports of mammography screening, the new study suggests that older African-American, Asian-American and Hispanic women all receive less screening than do white women.
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer of women in the United States, affecting more than 211,000 American females each year. Deaths from breast cancer are highest in women under 35 and in women older than 75. Yet it is predominantly a disease of older women, with a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer increasing as she ages.

If more women were screened, it is possible that more breast cancer would be discovered, and it could be treated at an earlier stage when the chances of a good outcome would be enhanced in women otherwise healthy enough to undergo treatment, Kagay said.