Absolutely. I agree with the other witnesses. They have recommended strongly, based on science, that women should have unfettered access to screening as of age 40. There should be a strong consideration for continuing screening beyond age 74 as long as women are otherwise in good health.
That's all backed by the modelling that I mentioned. There is at least the capability or the possibility of saving a thousand additional lives in Canada every year if we do these things—screening women in their forties, extending screening beyond age 74 and doing supplemental screening for women with dense breasts, for whom mammography does not work all that well.
Absolutely. I agree with the other witnesses. They have recommended strongly, based on science, that women should have unfettered access to screening as of age 40. There should be a strong consideration for continuing screening beyond age 74 as long as women are otherwise in good health.
That's all backed by the modelling that I mentioned. There is at least the capability or the possibility of saving a thousand additional lives in Canada every year if we do these things—screening women in their forties, extending screening beyond age 74 and doing supplemental screening for women with dense breasts, for whom mammography does not work all that well.