By Liz Scherer
Source Medscape
As the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care prepares to release its anticipated updated guidelines on breast cancer screening, University of Ottawa researchers are sounding an alarm: Breast cancer cases in young Canadian women, especially women in their 20s, have risen by as much as 45.5% in recent years.
Study findings, which were published on April 25 in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal also highlighted an increase in cases among women in their 30s and 40s by as much as 12.5% and 9.1%, respectively. These statistics raise the question of whether Canadian women younger than 50 years (for whom mammography screening has not been routinely recommended) should be screened.