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Breast cancer rates on the rise for young women in Canada, study says
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer. Breast cancer patients are unsettled: The drug tamoxifen, which accompanies tens of thousands for years, is experiencing massive supply shortages. Tamoxifen is used in aftercare - the aim is to prevent a relapse. (to dpa "Tamoxifen supply bottleneck unsettles breast cancer patients")
canada
Saskatchewan announces plan to streamline breast cancer care
Saskatchewan Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors, and Rural and Remote Health Everett Hindley speaks at a media event in Saskatoon, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The Saskatchewan government has announced it's opening a new health centre in Regina to help breast cancer patients get screened sooner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
world
Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York, diagnosed with skin cancer
(FILES) Sarah, Duchess of York smiles outside after attending the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate in eastern England, on December 25, 2023. Prince Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who recently underwent breast cancer surgery, is suffering from "malignant melanoma", a skin cancer, her spokesperson announced on Sunday, January 21. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Ontario to lower age for mammograms to 40 from 50 next year
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer. Breast cancer patients are unsettled: The drug tamoxifen, which accompanies tens of thousands for years, is experiencing massive supply shortages. Tamoxifen is used in aftercare - the aim is to prevent a relapse. (to dpa "Tamoxifen supply bottleneck unsettles breast cancer patients")
canada
Ontario lowering age for regular breast cancer screenings to 40
A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. The Ontario Medical Association says about 400,000 fewer mammograms to screen for breast cancer were performed in the province during the pandemic than forecasted. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Damian Dovarganes
canada
Federal task force to weigh mammogram screening age amid debate over starting at 40
In this file image, Betty Daniel of Chicago gets her routine yearly mammogram from Lead Mammography Tech Stella Palmer at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The challenges COVID-19 presents are even greater for people who are already grappling with a serious illness, like cancer. (Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
canada
Provinces with organized breast-cancer screening for women in their 40s linked to higher survival rates
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer. Breast cancer patients are unsettled: The drug tamoxifen, which accompanies tens of thousands for years, is experiencing massive supply shortages. Tamoxifen is used in aftercare - the aim is to prevent a relapse. (to dpa "Tamoxifen supply bottleneck unsettles breast cancer patients")
opinion
As a cancer ward doctor, I see the tragic results of the lack of early breast cancer screening
Anna Wilkinson
canada
U.S. call to screen for breast cancer at 40 reignites debate in Canada
FILE - Mammographer Alma Garcia, right, demonstrates the process of a mammogram on marketing liaison Dalilah Garcia of the Neighbors Emergency Center in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, Sep. 18, 2017, inside a Mammos on the Move (MOM) mobile mammogram trailer. According to a draft recommendation from a government task force released on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50. Tuesday’s update – if the draft proposal is finalized – would mark a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines. (Migiuel Roberts/TheBrownsville Herald via AP, File)
world
U.S. panel calls for breast cancer screening to start at age 40
FILE - Mammographer Alma Garcia, right, demonstrates the process of a mammogram on marketing liaison Dalilah Garcia of the Neighbors Emergency Center in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, Sep. 18, 2017, inside a Mammos on the Move (MOM) mobile mammogram trailer. According to a draft recommendation from a government task force released on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50. Tuesday’s update – if the draft proposal is finalized – would mark a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines. (Migiuel Roberts/TheBrownsville Herald via AP, File)
tennis
Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer
FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 9, 2022 Former tennis player Martina Navratilova in the royal box ahead of the women's singles final between Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina and Tunisia's Ons Jabeur REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
life
Why you should try forest bathing – even in the winter
life
Cancer biologist Dr. Juliet Daniel on Trevor Noah, Hallmark movies and daily meditations
canada
More than 16,500 mammograms under review across Newfoundland
opinion
I’m as flat as pancake since my mastectomy, but I’m not afraid to wear revealing clothes
Ellyn Winters
opinion
Canada’s breast-screening measures aren’t equitable enough
Jaimie Roebuck
world
Breast cancer drug could help more patients: researchers
first person
That fall when dad and I had cancer at the same time
world
Breast cancer now the most common form of the disease, WHO says
food for thought
Cutting back on added sugar may help prevent breast cancer
Leslie Beck
Leslie Beck