Breast cancer update
We are working to update the draft breast cancer screening guideline now that the public comment period is closed. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the draft. We will summarize responses by theme and post publicly. Stay tuned for the final guideline and related tools.
Guideline news
- Cognitive impairment – In 2024, we reaffirmed the recommendations from the 2016 guideline
- Breast cancer screening – 2025
- Tobacco cessation in adults – 2025
- Screening for depression in adults – 2025
- Screening for depression in youth/adolescents – 2025
- Cervical cancer screening update – 2025
Conferences
Attending conferences this fall? Drop by our booth at these events.
- Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario (NPAO) – Annual Conference (Toronto – September 25-27)
- Nova Scotia College of Family Physicians (NSCFP) – Family Medicine Conference (Halifax – October 18th)
- Congrès annuel de médecine (Montréal – October 22-25)
- Family Medicine Forum (Vancouver – November 6-9)
News
Top marks
How do Task Force guidelines stack up against international guidelines? They get high marks from ECRI Guidelines Trust, which scores guidelines based on their adherence to the National Academy of Medicine Standards for Trustworthy Guidelines. See the ratings for our guidelines here.
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Straus, who leads the Task Force’s Knowledge Translation (KT) team which creates guideline tools for clinicians and patients, supports patient engagement and more. As of September 1, Dr. Straus became the new Executive Vice-President, Clinical and Chief Medical Officer, at Unity Health Toronto. A leader in KT, she is Director of the Knowledge Translation Program at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, a geriatrician and researcher who previously held the position of Physician-in-Chief with the hospital network. Dr. Straus was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal and was ranked 4th female researcher in Canada by Research.com.
Podcasts and publications
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Breast cancer screening – watch a webinar that explains the evidence from the comprehensive review with guidance for clinical practice. The key takeaway is that breast cancer screening is a personal choice.
Clinician tools
- Prostate cancer tools are now available in Arabic, Punjabi and Traditional Chinese.
- Breast cancer tools
