Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers NYT | Top Stories By: Roni Caryn Rabin 13 December 2025 at 10:06 A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended. © Marcelo Del Pozo/ReutersA breast cancer awareness event in Seville, Spain, in October.