Breast cancer screening

Breast cancer screening

Changes to breast cancer screening services

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, modifications to breast cancer screening services are being implemented to reduce the risk of contamination for the population as well as for health professionals.

All breast cancer screening and follow-up exams are postponed until further notice.

health tips

If you have recently had a screening mammogram as part of the Quebec Breast Cancer Screening Program (PQDCS), you will receive your result letter as expected.

If you need an additional exam (for example, a mammogram, ultrasound, or biopsy), your situation will be assessed by a healthcare professional. The most urgent examinations will be maintained while the other examinations will be postponed, depending on the situation of each woman. Where possible, some of these exams could be transferred to a private clinic to reduce hospital traffic.

If your appointment for an examination is maintained, your designated screening center will contact you.

For further information, contact the Regional Service Coordination Center in your region.

Description

Screening mammography

Advantages, disadvantages, and limits of mammography screening

Additional tests

Other screening tests (not recommended)

Changes seen in your breasts

Description

Breast cancer screening is the search for breast cancer in women who appear healthy before they have signs or symptoms. It is still impossible to prevent breast cancer, but screening can detect it when it is at an early stage. This increases the possibilities of healing.

the most common cancer in women in Canada;

Mammography is the only examination recommended in Quebec for breast cancer screening.

Breast cancer in Quebec

According to the Canadian Cancer Society:

More than 6,000 new cases of breast cancer appear each year.

Around 80% of these cases affect women aged 50 and over.

About 1,350 women die from this cancer each year