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Breast density becoming an important issue for accurate screening of cancer
Are you dense? It sounds offensive, but it?s a question Canadians need to be asking, say advocates of a growing awareness campaign about breast density and its relation to increased cancer risk.
SuiteNew breast cancer screening guidelines are outdated and dangerous, experts say.
A letter from 130 experts on breast cancer says new screening guidelines proposed by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care are outdated and ?dangerous.?
SuiteOPINION: More women will die if new breast screening recommendations adopted
If a Canadian wide-body jet crashed due to maintenance problems, killing all 400 people onboard, it would viewed as a national disaster and would occupy the news for weeks. If this happened each year it would be seen as an epidemic.
SuiteWhy Do Canada?s New Breast Cancer Guidelines Advise Against Life-Saving Screenings?
Canadian women should be outraged. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTF) released its latest guidelines for screening for breast cancer for women at average risk.
SuiteSomething may be missing in the new breast cancer screening guideline.
This year, more than 26,000 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 5,000 will die of it. A new guideline published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal are meant to save lives through early detection. But critics have their doubts.
SuiteOPINION: More women will die if new breast Canada?s new breast screening guidelines will cause unnecessary deaths. recommendations adopted.
Canada?s new breast screening guidelines will cause unnecessary deaths and harm and should be ignored by women and their family physicians, say two of this country?s leading breast screening experts.
SuiteMSP breast density announcement raises concerns.
Health minister Adrian Dix?s announcement that B.C. will be the first province to notify women if they have dense breasts after screening mammograms, and may therefore be at higher risk of cancer, has led to some concerns and confusion about how the information should be used.
SuiteWe need to talk about dense breasts: Why governments are taking notice.
When Ann Hill was told she had breast cancer, she was floored. Six months earlier, she had a clear mammogram and the diagnosis seemingly came out of nowhere. But that?s when a doctor told her having dense breasts makes a tumour hard to see, and that her cancer has been there for a while.
SuiteWomen in B.C. to have access to breast density info when screened for cancer.
Dense breasts make it harder to spot cancer in mammograms ? but not all affected women know they?re at risk. In 2014, Michelle Di Tomaso was in her doctor?s office after work when she heard the words she?ll never forget. ?She just turned to me and said, ?You have breast cancer,’? Di Tomaso recalled.
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The U.S. may lower the breast cancer screening age to 40. Should Canada follow?
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.
VisionnezPatient Advocate Shira Farber speaks to Global news about the impact of being denied a mammogram in her 40s
Breast cancer survivor calls for access to routine mammograms for all Canadian women in their 40s
VisionnezPatient Colleen Packer speaks to CTV Calgary about being denied a mammogram in her 40s
Early screening: Cancer patients call on province to pave way for early breast cancer screening
VisionnezDBC?s Director of Advocacy and Education, Quebec,
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
VisionnezEarly Detection of Breast Cancer Saves Lives
CTV Morning Live Vancouver with Dr. Paula Gordon
Visionnez?Outdated? breast cancer screening guidelines failing Canadian women: report
Global News National: Drs. Seely and Gordon video and interview with Saba Aziz. Patient advocates Annie Slight and Nicola St. George.
VisionnezTissue density a factor with breast cancer
CTV Toronto: Jennie Dale, Dr. Martin Yaffe, Rosie White speak to Pauline Chan
VisionnezBreast density information now included in mammogram reports in New Brunswick
The province of New Brunswick announced Wednesday that a new provincewide initiative ensures that breast density results are going to be included in mammography reports and in the letters sent to women following routine screening.
VisionnezDense breast tissue can lead to challenges in detecting breast cancer
LONDON, ONT. — Shock is what 75-year-old Barbara Moscovich felt when doctors told her she had not one, but two cancerous tumours in her breast. “I?ve been fortunate to not have had any diseases or ever being in the hospital so I would be considered healthy for my age so for this to happen it seemed totally unreal.”
VisionnezEntrevues à la radio
DBC?s Director of Advocacy and Education, Quebec
Annie Slight speaks to CJAD 800AM Montreal about breast density
ÉcoutezDBC’s co-founder, Jennie Dale, speaks with CBC’s Island Morning
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.
ÉcoutezIsland Morning with Mitch Cormier
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.
ÉcoutezOctober: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Dr. Jean Seely speaks to Radio Canada Saskatchewan (French)
ÉcoutezCanada’s breast screening practices are failing women, according to new report
640AM Radio: Dr. Paula Gordon speaks to Kelly Cutrara
ÉcoutezShift – NB with Vanessa Vander Valk
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.
ÉcoutezDr. Paula Gordon discusses what PEI needs to do next to save lives.
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.
ÉcoutezStories that made a difference
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.
ÉcoutezDr. Paula Gordon speaks with Stephen Quinn on CBC?s Early Edition.
New breast cancer screening recommendations do more harm than good, argues UBC clinical professor.
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