Media Coverage

Breast Cancer (Update) – Draft Recommendations (2024)

Published by CTFPHC on June 6, 2024

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 ...

General Task Force

Published by CTFPHC on February 22, 2024

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

Fragility Fractures (2023)

Published by CTFPHC on May 16, 2023

Mieux cibler le dépistage des risques de fractureL’actualité, May 8, 2023

Breast Cancer Update

Published by CTFPHC on April 4, 2023

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 ...

Depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2022)

Published by CTFPHC on September 26, 2022

Canadian doctors, psychiatrists don’t recommend routine adult anxiety screeningCTVNews.ca, September 22, 2022 Guideline Advises Against Depression Screening in PregnancyMedscape Medical News, July 28, 2022

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea (2021)

Published by CTFPHC on May 1, 2022

STIs spreading aggressively in Canada as testing, prevention abandoned during pandemicThe Globe and Mail, April 8, 2022

Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (2020)

Published by CTFPHC on August 6, 2020

No benefit of routine screening for EAC and in chronic GERD patients Bariatric News, July 7, 2020 Adénocarcinome œsophagien: aucun bénéfice au dépistage systématique L’Actualité médicale, July 7, 2020

Asymptomatic Thyroid Dysfunction (2019)

Published by CTFPHC on January 6, 2020

DYSFONCTION THYROÏDIENNE : Quel dépistage chez les adultes sans symptômes? Sante log, November 18, 2019 Don’t Screen for Thyroid Problems in Asymptomatic Patients Medscape, November 26, 2019 What Not to Test (and Treat) Clinical Laboratory News, December 19, 2019

Hepatitis C

Published by CTFPHC on July 10, 2017

Critics push back against hepatitis C screening advice, say boomers should be tested May 28, 2017 Canada recommends against testing everyone for hepatitis C April 24, 2017 Broad Hepatitis C screening of Canadian adults not supported by evidence, task ...

Tobacco Smoking in Children and Adolescents

Published by CTFPHC on April 17, 2017

Study Urges Physicians To Prevent Youth Smoking 27 February, 2017 Health officials urged to help prevent Canadian youth from smoking 27 February, 2017 Doctors ‘should interact with kids and their families about smoking,’ Canadian task force says 27 February, 2017 Doctors have role to ...