Report Recommending Change to the Mammogram Minimum Age Stirs Controversy

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There has been controversy over the recent release of a U.S. Preventative Services Task Force report which changed the minimum age for women to get a mammogram from 40 to 50 years old. Most oncologist and cancer specialists say these new guidelines should be ignored. Brittany Knotts spoke to Rhonda Santifer, the founder of Celebrate Life Cancer Ministry, a non-profit multicultural health organization. A survivor of breast cancer, Santifer talked about the recent report and her own experience with the disease.