Doctors and breast cancer survivors are urging Canada to follow the example set by a U.S. task force and lower the recommended age for regular screening mammograms to 40.
The draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, released Tuesday, says that “new and more inclusive science” has led it to call for screening mammograms every two years for women between the ages of 40 and 74. Previously, screening for average-risk patients was recommended beginning at age 50.
“This is the right move,” said Dr. Mojola Omole, a surgical oncologist with the Scarborough Health Network in Toronto.
She said she’d like to
