After the United States began mulling over plans to lower the recommended age for women looking for breast cancer screening, is Canada ready to follow suit?
Breast cancer awareness advocates are calling for changes to Manitoba s breast cancer screening process, lowering the minimum age to request a mammogram from 50 to 40 years old.
Just days after a U.S. task force recommended breast cancer screening begin at age 40, the Ontario government says it is looking at a similar move.
“The Ministry of Health is currently exploring a similar change regarding breast cancer screening,” said Hannah Jensen, spokesperson for Ontario’s Health Minister Sylvia Jones. She was responding to a question about the closely watched recommendations from the United States Preventative Services Taskforce.