Breast Cancer Awareness: Progress and Challenges
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month concludes, it's a time to reflect on progress and shortcomings. Nova Scotia leads the country in optimal breast screening practices, allowing women to self-refer for mammograms at 40 and offering annual screening for those with dense breasts.
The province's high-risk program has been instrumental in saving lives. However, despite these advances, women with dense breasts are being left behind, requiring more than mammograms but lacking access to additional life-saving screening.
Women with dense breasts need more than mammograms, but they cannot access the additional screening that could save their lives.
Nova Scotia's breast screening program is a step in the right direction, but more work is needed to ensure all women receive adequate care.
Author's summary: Nova Scotia leads in breast screening, but falls short for women with dense breasts.