Breast cancer study reveals bleak picture, urgent need to update Canada’s screening guidelines

The same guidelines the U.S. Congress deemed too dangerous for American women continue to be used in Canada—putting thousands of Canadian women at risk of later-stage diagnoses, harsher treatments, and death.

A new study reveals that provinces that do not screen women in their 40s, like Ontario, have higher rates of advanced breast cancers in women diagnosed in their 40s and 50s. We know women are dying unnecessarily, writes Jennie Dale.Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY JENNIE DALE

September 7, 2022

A newly released study by Canadian breast cancer experts irrefutably proves the harm caused by Canadian breast screening guidelines. Will our federal government continue to risk the lives of Canadian women or will it suspend these dangerous guid...

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