Quebec is late for early screening for breast cancer, and a revision would appear regarding anxious statistics regarding the evolution of the disease.
“This is late compared to other jurisdictions. And there is reason to wonder why this was not done earlier, since in the past there were recommendations with various jurisdictions, ”DD saidleading Denis Saulier, scientific and medical representative of the Canadian Canal Society.
The Ministry of Health is currently analyzing Recommendations of the National Institute of Perfection in the field of healthcare and social services (Iness) issued at the beginning of this weekField
20% increases
The frequency of breast cancer in Quebec in 2021 for women aged 45 to 49 years increased by almost 20% compared to 1998. An increase of 11% in women aged 40 to 44 years for the same period.
“This is so anxious, and this should motivate us to conduct screening even earlier,” said Teresa Norris, president of the priority coalition of cancer in Quebke.
It adds that the level of survival to breast cancer increases from 100% to 25% between stages of 1 and 4 diseases.
Both believe that Quebec should even consider the possibility of increasing the program from 40 years.
New Bransuik made this choice last year to screening breast cancer, emphasizes mto me Norris.
This will present additional investments for the health network, but Dleading Soulières claims to be more expensive to deprive yourself of this early screening.
“We avoid sick people with metastases and who are less active in society,” he says. This is a matter of indirect costs: how many years of life will these people lose? “
