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Watch Dr. Thériault’s webinar Task Force Chair and family physician, Dr. Guylène Thériault hosted a webinar on the draft breast cancer screening recommendations to inform stakeholders about the guideline. Missed it? Watch a webinar which describes how ...

Your comments wanted on the new draft guideline Breast cancer is a disease that touches many Canadians, and we all want to find ways to reduce the burden of this illness. This spring, the Canadian Task Force ...

New Canadian BC Guidelines Emphasize Personal ChoiceMedscape, July 09, 2024 Lettre ouverte | Nouvelles lignes directrices sur le dépistage du cancer du sein: rétablissons les faitsProfession Sante,  June 19, 2024 BaladoRecommandations provisoires sur le dépistage du cancer ...

The Task Force for Preventive Health acknowledges the remarks made by Minister Holland in relation the draft recommendations on breast cancer screening.  We want to assure Canadians that the Task Force conducted a comprehensive evidence review ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 30, 2024 Understanding the benefits and harms is key to breast cancer screening The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care urges women to ask for the information they need to make the decision ...

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care would like to provide an update on its comprehensive evidence-based review of the 2018 breast cancer screening guideline as we develop the 2024 updated recommendations. Task Force mandate ...

Why screening guideline committees should not include ‘experts’ as voting membersHealthy Debate, February 21, 2024

The Task Force invites you to participate in our 2023 annual evaluation! Our evaluation seeks to measure the impact and uptake of our guidelines and tools and identify new opportunities for the Task Force. We ...

Spring 2024 for breast cancer screening update Given the volume and complexity of the evidence review for the breast cancer screening guideline update, the evidence review and modelling teams have requested more time to complete their ...

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care would like to provide an update on its comprehensive evidence-based review of the 2018 breast cancer screening guideline. Given the volume and complexity of the workload, the evidence ...