Breast Screening

• Canada pauses health task force amid breast screening review

  Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has faced criticism for not lowering the recommended breast cancer screening age to 40.

  Health

  Mar 4, 2025
  
• Canada won’t lower breast cancer screening guidelines to 40, despite expert pushback

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

  Health

  May 30, 2024
  
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• Kingston, Ont. hospital says breast screening numbers down since pandemic

  Some 11,500 people in southeastern Ontario were added to the backlog directly as a result of COVID-19.

  Health

  Oct 20, 2022
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• American Cancer Society says mammograms should be done earlier than in Canada

  American Cancer Society tells women to screen later and less often for breast cancer, new recommendations are closer to Canada's advice.

  Health

  Oct 20, 2015