Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada

1999 and 2000 Report

Organized Breast Screening Programs

Organized breast cancer screening programs began in British Columbia in 1988 and have since expanded to include all provinces, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories (Table 1). Breast cancer screening in all organized programs includes a bilateral two-view screening mammogram. 

For the purposes of the Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database (CBCSD), the target population is defined as asymptomatic women between the ages of 50 and 69 years with no prior diagnosis of breast cancer. All programs screen some women outside the target age group (Table 1), although they are not actively recruited. 

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