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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (‘task force’) https://canadiantaskforce.ca/ is a panel of experts with expertise in preventive health care and the application of evidence in clinical decision making. It has an international ...

Wanted: patient partners to help shape new breast cancer screening guideline for Canada Timeline: July 2023 to early 2024 The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) is updating its national breast cancer screening guideline that ...

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, known for its evidence-based preventive guidelines, has announced that it will expedite the scheduled review of its 2018 breast cancer screening recommendations. The updated guideline is expected ...

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Last updated: June 21, 2023 While the US Preventive Services Task Force’s draft proposal now recommends starting breast cancer screening at age 40 for all women, we recommend shared decision-making. Our Canadian guideline, published in 2018, recommends ...

New guideline and decision aid Should you screen to help reduce the risk of fragility fractures? A new interactive online Fragility Fracture Decision Aid for shared decision-making can help clinicians and patients visualize their individual risk ...

Federal task force to weigh mammogram screening age amid debate over starting at 40 The Globe and Mail, October 17, 2023 When do you screen for cancer? How does the task force create guidelines? 680 CJOB Winnipeg, May ...

We’re thrilled to welcome Drs. Ahmed Abou-Setta and Guylene Theriault as incoming Co-Chairs of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. They will take over from Drs. Brenda Wilson and Roland Grad who have ...

The Task Force invites you to participate in our 2022 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 ...

Jennifer Flemming, Patricia Li, Nathalie Slavtcheva, Keith Todd From a nurse practitioner to a family doctor, a gastroenterologist and pediatrician, the Task Force’s four new members bring varied perspectives and a wealth of experience to guideline ...