Continued cost of inaction on breast screening guidelines is too high

Lowering the screening age to 40 would prevent the unnecessary suffering and loss of life caused by late-stage breast cancer diagnoses.

Health Minister Mark Holland. As another Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close, the necessary action to overturn breast screening guidelines remains elusive, writes Jennie Dale.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENNIE DALE

October 31, 2024

In this increasingly divisive political climate, a rare consensus exists: all Canadian political parties are in agreement that Canada’s national breast screening guidelines need to be overturned.

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