By Heather Hintze

EUGENE, Ore. -- Revised recommendations today from the US Preventative Service Task Force advise women they should start getting mammograms starting at the age of 50 and decrease the frequency of screenings. The new recommendations don't sit well with local mammography services.

Oregon Imaging centers says just this year alone, they've found breast cancer in 29 women ages 40 to 49 who, under these new recommendations, wouldn't be advised to get screened for the disease.

Radiologists say they're worried about missing cancer in women 40 to 49, who tend to have more aggressive cancer.

The revised recommendations also decrease the frequency of screenings from each year to every two years, which radiologists say is also a concern. Oregon Imaging uses digital mammography which, they say, can better see breast tissue. This is especially beneficial to younger women because they have more glandular tissue.

Oregon has the second highest rate of breast cancer in the nation, so radiologists here say they believe women over the age of 40 should still come in for their annual mammogram.