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A new website helps navigate the maze of provincial and national breast cancer screening guidelines

octobre 8, 2021

IN2018, 47-year-old Adriana Ermter found a lump in her armpit. Her doctor referred her for a mammogram, but the clinic said it was likely just a calcium deposit. After months of requests for additional screening, the Toronto resident received a second mammogram and an MRI. This time, the clinic found cancer. ?If I hadn?t advocated for myself, under the guidelines I wouldn?t have had regular mammograms until I was 50,? Ermter says. ?Who knows what stage of breast cancer I would have progressed to??

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Are Your Boobs Your Best Friends? Seriously? Are They?

octobre 1, 2021

You may call your boobs your breasties, but are they really? Are you feeling up your best friends and your armpits on the first of every month the same way you?d check a cantaloupe or melon for its ripeness at the grocery store? You know, to make sure you don?t have a lump, swelling, redness, soreness, thickening, irritation or dimpling of the skin, or redness, flaky skin, pulling or pain in the nipple area that could potentially be breast cancer. Better yet, do you know how to properly screen for breast cancer? You should, you need to. It?s your right.

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Why Examining Your Breasts Is So Important

septembre 30, 2021

Best Health Magazine Dr. Paula Gordon speaks to Rebecca Gow Along with routine screenings, frequent at-home examinations are the key to knowing your norm and catching any concerning changes.

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New Brunswick mammogram reports will now include breast density information

novembre 6, 2020

New Brunswick is the latest province to mandate that women be told their breast density following a mammogram, but experts say the welcome move falls short of a broader breast cancer strategy they?d like to see extended coast-to-coast.

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Dense breasts: an organization deplores that Quebec does not directly inform women

février 28, 2020

An organization deplores that the Quebec government does not directly disclose to women important information for their health: do they have dense breasts or not? Deprived of this information, Quebec women cannot take measures to detect breast cancer in time, he believes.

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Breast density and breast cancer: Inform women directly of their density

février 19, 2020

Breast cancer survivors are putting pressure on the Quebec government to ensure that women are directly informed of their breast density in their mammography report and of the risks associated with dense breasts.

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And if your mammography does not decent your cancer

novembre 25, 2019

What if you had a mammogram and the results did not show your cancer? That’s what happened to Annie Slight, a woman who was diagnosed at age 42 with a late diagnosis of stage 2, grade 3 breast cancer that was not detected during her routine mammogram. She told me her story and now wants to educate women about this little known factor that made all the difference for her: breast density.

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Breast density information to be included with all N.S. mammogram results

octobre 30, 2019

It’s a frightening statistic that far too many women in Nova Scotia are aware of: One in eight will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. But now the Nova Scotia health care system is aiming to give women new and potentially life-saving information on their breast health with every mammogram report. Women in the province will now be able to learn whether they have dense breasts with the results of their mammogram as part of the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program.

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Nova Scotia first province to include breast density results in all mammograms

octobre 30, 2019

Nova Scotia has become the first province to provide breast density results to all women who undergo a mammogram, using a new technology pioneered in-house. The standardized changes are effective immediately, with the new Densitas breast density assessment software already installed in screening centres across Nova Scotia.

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Nouvelles télévisées

Canada won?t lower breast cancer screening guidelines to 40, despite expert pushback

juillet 3, 2024

Canada?s guidelines for routine breast cancer screenings will remain unchanged, despite mounting pressure from medical experts who have labelled them as ?dangerous.?

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Sask. breast cancer patients, advocates call for change to new screening guidelines.

juillet 3, 2024

Advocates for breast cancer awareness are calling for reforms to Canada?s new breast cancer screening guidelines that were released last week.

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CTV National News: Breast cancer screenings

juillet 3, 2024

New guidelines in Canada suggest not all women in their 40s should be routinely screening for breast cancer. Judy Trinh explains.

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The U.S. may lower the breast cancer screening age to 40. Should Canada follow?

juin 8, 2023

OTTAWA- November 24, 2021 – Jennifer Quaid, an Ottawa law prof who was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer just after she turned 50. She had asked for a mammogram earlier but was told she didn’t qualify. PHOTO BY JEAN LEVAC /Postmedia Article content Just days after a U.S. task force recommended breast cancer screening begin at age 40, the Ontario government says it is looking at a similar move.

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Patient Advocate Shira Farber speaks to Global news about the impact of being denied a mammogram in her 40s

novembre 3, 2022

Breast cancer survivor calls for access to routine mammograms for all Canadian women in their 40s

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Patient Colleen Packer speaks to CTV Calgary about being denied a mammogram in her 40s

avril 11, 2022

Early screening: Cancer patients call on province to pave way for early breast cancer screening

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DBC?s Director of Advocacy and Education, Quebec,

février 21, 2022

Annie Slight speaks to CTV Montreal about breast density and how information is not directly shared with the women of Quebec about an important breast cancer risk

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Early Detection of Breast Cancer Saves Lives

octobre 15, 2021

CTV Morning Live Vancouver with Dr. Paula Gordon

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?Outdated? breast cancer screening guidelines failing Canadian women: report

octobre 3, 2021

Global News National: Drs. Seely and Gordon video and interview with Saba Aziz. Patient advocates Annie Slight and Nicola St. George.

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Entrevues à la radio

DBC Co-founder Jennie Dale speaks to Kelly Cutrara from 640 Radio

juillet 3, 2024

DBC Co-founder Jennie Dale has always wanted to chat with Kelly Cutrara because she asks the questions that get to the heart of the matter and plus Jennie loves to talk about breast screening.

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DBC?s Director of Advocacy and Education, Quebec

février 21, 2022

Annie Slight speaks to CJAD 800AM Montreal about breast density  

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DBC’s co-founder, Jennie Dale, speaks with CBC’s Island Morning

janvier 7, 2022

DBC’s co-founder, Jennie Dale, speaks with CBC’s Island Morning about Sharon MacNeill- her diagnosis , successful advocacy for density notification and her legacy.

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Island Morning with Mitch Cormier

octobre 22, 2021

CBC Radio’s Island Morning is a news and current affairs information source for Prince Edward Island. Host Mitch Cormier talks about the issues that matter to the people of P.E.I.

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October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

octobre 2, 2021

Dr. Jean Seely speaks to Radio Canada Saskatchewan (French)

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Canada’s breast screening practices are failing women, according to new report

septembre 29, 2021

640AM Radio: Dr. Paula Gordon speaks to Kelly Cutrara

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Shift – NB with Vanessa Vander Valk

novembre 5, 2020

Shift is an energetic two and a half hours that connects people in the province with the events of the day and with each other.

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Dr. Paula Gordon discusses what PEI needs to do next to save lives.

août 14, 2020

A national group is suggesting some next steps Health PEI could take for women with dense breasts. PEI is calling women with the densest breasts back for yearly mammograms.

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Stories that made a difference

juin 13, 2019

As the regular season draws to a close, White Coat, Black Art looks back at and updates some of the programs that “made a difference” ? by sparking change and shedding light on under-reported issues.

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