Canadian Cancer Society – The new national breast screening guidelines miss the mark

Shahrin Ahmed, Medical Specialist at Canadian Cancer Society, made the following post on X:

“The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care released its updated guidelines Thursday recommending that people in their 40s should not get routine mammograms but can request one if they want. The task force’s current guidelines mandate routine breast cancer screening at age 50.

Canadian healthcare guidelines should be standardized to ensure equal treatment for both younger and older women, which is a huge disappointment.

According to Incidence and mortality statistics-

It is estimated that in 2024:

• 30,500 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. This represents 25% of all new cancer cases in women in 2024.

• 5,500 Canadian women will die from breast cancer. This represents 13% of all cancer deaths in women in 2024.

• On average, 84 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every day.

• On average, 15 Canadian women will die from breast cancer every day.

• 290 Canadian men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 60 will die from breast cancer.”

Quoting Canadian Cancer Society‘s post:

Source: Shahrin Ahmed/X and Canadian Cancer Society/X