All provinces and territories should lower the starting age for breast cancer screening to 40, the Canadian Cancer Society said Thursday
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"There's strong enough evidence from trials, from modelling studies and from real-world data to warrant that shift to 40," said Krueckl in an interview. The task force is scheduled to revise its guidance this spring, but said in an email that a "detailed" review of clinical trials, international best practices and other data is still underway and did not confirm what the updated advice will be."We look forward to discussing the draft recommendations on screening for breast cancer from our comprehensive evidence review later this spring.
"We also know that Black women are being diagnosed before age 50 more frequently and with more advanced disease," she said.
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