October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While the disease can affect men, it disproportionally affects women. Dr. Danielle Guérin, a Gatineau clinician specializing in breast pathologies, says that women between the ages of 50-74 should get a breast screening once every two years to maintain good health.

It’s best to request a breast test

2020-10-06 Emily Hsueh 213 Views

STEPHEN RICCIO
PONTIAC Oct. 7, 2020
On any given day, there are 14 Canadian women who die from breast cancer. There are 75 women who are diagnosed with the disease every day.
A form of cancer that most commonly impacts women—according to the Canadian Cancer Society, there were 27,400 cases among women in 2020 compared to 240 among men—breast cancer occurs when . . .

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