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What’s New for Breast Cancer Screening in Ontario?
Ontario is investing an additional $15M over three years to expand the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) to include women at high risk for breast cancer aged 30 to 69. The decision to expand the program to women at high risk for breast cancer is based on clinical evidence, reviews, and on recommendations from Cancer Care Ontario.
The expanded OBSP program was launched in July 2011at select sites across the province. These sites will act as High Risk Screening Centres that will provide breast MRI, and mammography screening, and diagnostic services. This means that more cancers will be detected at earlier stages resulting in less invasive treatments, and more importantly, greater survival rates.
Why is it important to screen women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer?
The risk of developing breast cancer is two to five times higher for women at high risk than in the general population.
Women at high risk develop breast cancer at a younger age than the general population
Breast cancer is more aggressive in younger women who are at high risk, so it is important that it is identified early