Federal Health Minister Mark Holland is temporarily suspending the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for women under 50.
Last year Holland ordered an external review of the task force, which provides guidance for primary health-care providers, after it declined to lower the age for mammograms to 40, contradicting many expert opinions including the Canadian Cancer Society.
Holland says the external review panel has finished gathering evidence and is now finalizing its proposals to “modernize and improve” the task force.
He says given the concerns expressed by experts and the public, he has asked the Public Health Agency of Canada to “pause” the group’s work in the meantime….