Dense Breasts

• Manitoba lowering breast cancer screening age to 45

  The province is lowering the minimum age for breast cancer screening from 50 to 45 beginning Jan. 2, a move being welcomed by advocates.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2025
  
• She advocated for better breast cancer screening. Her friends continue the fight

  Advocates and friends of a Nova Scotia woman who died from stage IV breast cancer are urging the province to update its screening policy for women with dense breast tissue.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2024
  
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• Early cancer detection: N.S. Liberal wants more testing for women with dense breasts

  A Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature is pushing for the province to provide supplementary breast cancer screening for women with dense breasts.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2024
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• Global BC reporter shares story of her breast cancer diagnosis

  "I'm hoping that there will be some changes as a result of my story," she said. "But I'm not alone. I'm not unique.

  Health

  Oct 12, 2023
• ‘Outdated’ breast cancer screening guidelines failing Canadian women: report

  Each province has its own set of guidelines and not all let women book their own mammograms in their 40s, when the risk of breast cancer increases, experts say.  

  Health

  Oct 3, 2021
• Many women aren’t told they have dense breasts. Here’s why it matters

  43 per cent of women ages 40 to 74 have dense breasts, and they can have serious implications.

  Lifestyle

  Oct 3, 2019
• New breast cancer screening guidelines are outdated and dangerous, experts say

  More than 130 breast-cancer doctors and researchers disagree with new screening recommendations, saying the task force is basing their recommendations on outdated data.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2019
• We need to talk about dense breasts: Why governments are taking notice

  Detecting cancer in a dense breast with a mammogram is "kind of like seeing a snowball in it in a snowstorm."

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2018