Welcome! The Borough of Seaside Park, located on the Barnegat Barrier Island in Ocean County, New Jersey, was incorporated in 1898. Seaside Park is a small town of only 0.77 square miles with a year-round population of just over 2,200 residents. With almost two miles of shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean, the boroughâs main industry is summer tourism.
For years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) urged women to start mammograms at age 40, but they recently changed their guidelines. They now recommend beginning them at age 45, or at 40 if the patient chooses.
1 Since the risk for breast cancer goes up as you get older, women ages 50 to 70 are more likely to benefit from having a mammogram than women who are in their 40s. 2  By waiting until age 50 to start having mammograms:  You avoid the cost and inconvenience of getting a mammogram during your 40s.