Ottawa – Every day in Canada, someone’s life is forever changed by a breast cancer diagnosis. Whether it’s a young mother chasing her dreams or someone enjoying the next chapter of retirement, breast cancer touches all ages and backgrounds. However, access to care, particularly early detection, varies drastically depending on where you live. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we explore …
TORONTO — Starting today, women over the age of 40 can self-refer for publicly funded mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP). This historic expansion will give an additional one million women the option to connect to important screening services to detect and treat breast cancer sooner. “Breast cancer affects one in every nine women in Ontario and we …
Province lowering age eligibility to receive publicly funded mammograms to include those aged 40-49 TORONTO — The Ontario government is connecting significantly more people to breast cancer screening by lowering the eligibility age of self-referral for publicly funded mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program from 50 to 40 beginning in fall 2024. This historic expansion will help more than …
