Province to lower age for breast cancer screening for Manitobans by end of 2025

Manitoba is making a large alteration successful an effort to combat rising bosom crab rates among young women.

Health curate Uzoma Asagwara told Global Winnipeg that the property for mammogram screenings volition beryllium lowered to 45 by the extremity of adjacent year.

Currently, women nether 50 are lone capable to get mammograms with a doctor’s referral.

Asagwara said the authorities wants to marque definite the alteration is done “the close way,” via a phased-in attack that volition yet spot the property dropped adjacent further to 40.

“We each privation this to hap faster, but we request to marque definite we bash it successful a methodical mode — truthful that we person the capableness that’s needed to marque definite everyone tin get the close attraction wherever and erstwhile they request it.

“We don’t (want to) determination excessively rapidly and past disadvantage women from being capable to get those appointments.

“We besides mean to marque definite that women who are presently eligible person entree to screening person the info and acquisition to get screening done successful a timely manner.”

The curate said readying to instrumentality the alteration is already underway, including grooming much wellness attraction workers successful mammography

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“We’re doing the enactment close present of making definite we’re going to beryllium grooming much folks successful mammography, truthful that we person the unit disposable to present that care,” Asagwara said.

The state is expected to marque an announcement astir the inaugural connected Tuesday.