This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, underlining the importance of regularly performing self-exams and undergoing appropriate screenings. Cancer coach Catharine Jannsen points to recent changes in the province whereby women aged 40 and older can self-refer for publicly funded mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program.
Breast cancer has seen a notable increase in incidence over recent years, making awareness and early detection critical.
The province’s announcement earlier this month is applauded by Jannsen.
Jannsen stresses breast cancer is the Number 1 cancer in women, something she calls – quote – “monumental.”
