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Breast screening at age 40 not routinely advised, Canadian task force says.

juillet 3, 2024

People should be able to get a mammogram starting at age 40 but it shouldn’t be routinely offered to women under 50 who are of average risk, new Canadian screening guidelines suggest.

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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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Critics slam Canadian breast screening guidelines.

juillet 3, 2024

Breast imaging organizations and political bodies are criticizing updated guidelines on breast cancer screening by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC).

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Task force lambasted for holding firm on breast cancer screening advice.

juillet 3, 2024

Several cancer experts, surgeons and radiologists swiftly condemned a national task force’s draft decision not to lower the recommended routine breast cancer screening age to 40 on Thursday.

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These women were told they were too young to get a mammogram. Then they were diagnosed with breast cancer in their 40s

juin 13, 2023

Canadian guidelines say women should start getting mammograms at age 50 unless they have specific risk factors. The U.S. is updating their guideline to start at age 40 and some experts say Canada should do the same.

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Ontario exploring beginning breast screening ten years earlier ? at age 40 ? something advocates have long pushed for

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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Ultrasound not included in regular screenings for Islanders with high breast density

mai 5, 2022

Officials with Health P.E.I. say ultrasounds are not currently being used within the provincial breast screening program, and they won’t be anytime soon. In 2019, Premier Dennis King’s government promised to begin notifying all Islanders who have a mammogram of their breast density. It also promised to look into the potential of adding ultrasound screening for those with the highest breast density.

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Rosilene Kraft has Stage 4 breast cancer

février 11, 2022

She was discouraged from getting a mammogram in her 40s because her doctor followed dangerous Canadian breast screening guidelines. Listen

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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

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Dr. Paula Gordon speaks with Stephen Quinn on CBC?s Early Edition.

janvier 11, 2019

New breast cancer screening recommendations do more harm than good, argues UBC clinical professor.

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Saskatchewan breast cancer survivor shares how her breast cancer went undetected due to breast density.

octobre 1, 2018

Gayle Woloshyn had annual mammograms for 15 years, and yet her breast cancer went undetected. It?s all because she wasn?t told she has dense breasts. In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Gayle joins us now on the line to tell us how she hopes to see things change.

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What you need to know about dense breasts.

septembre 20, 2018

Kelly talks to Michelle Di Tomaso, co-founder of Dense Breasts Canada.

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Dense breasts and cancer detection White Coat Black Art.

septembre 15, 2018

Cinda Lambert on discovering that her dense breasts made cancer detection difficult on mammograms.

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Dr. Brian Goldman Hosts ?White Coat, Black Art?.

septembre 15, 2018

Her dense breast tissue hid cancer for years. Now she?s warning others. Fibrous breast tissue can obscure or camouflage cancer in mammograms.In 2014, Michelle Di Tomaso was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. It came as a shock to her because she had undergone four clear mammograms.

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Telling women they have dense breasts could save lives, says cancer survivor.

septembre 12, 2018

Telling women they have dense breasts could save lives, says cancer survivor. Most women aren?t routinely informed if they have dense breasts, but the condition can mean cancers are less likely to show up on mammograms. Kathy Kaufield, a cancer survivor and advocate, wants doctors to be mandated to tell women.

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CBC Host Rachel Cave speaks with Kathy Kaufield.

août 31, 2018

Two years ago, Kathy Kaufield stood in the oncology department of the Saint John Regional Hospital, after completing months of chemotherapy as part of her treatment for breast cancer. She later learned that she has dense breasts, tissue that can obscure a mammogram image. She also learned the denser the breast, the higher the chance of developing cancer.

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