Saskatchewan lowers recommended age for breast cancer screening [Video]

A new program is expanding the capacity of breast cancer screening services across Saskatchewan, and a fundraising campaign is underway to get it done. This all comes as age requirement have been lowered for mammogram screening starting in the new year.

“We want to pick up the breast cancers when they’re still small, when things are early, before you’ve got the lump that can be felt, before you’ve got the lump you feel in your underarm, and things have spread [to] your lymph nodes,” Dr. Carolyn Flegg, medical director of breast imaging with the Saskatchewan Health Authority told CTV News.

It’s that early screening the Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation hopes to be enhance with its new funraising campaign, aiming to raise $3.2 million to help with critical early diagnosis.

“We don’t want to just survive their breast cancer; we want them to be able to thrive. We want a good quality …