What we proposed is to have a risk assessment, for example, at 40 years old. Based on their risk category—it's a risk stratification—those women who have a risk equivalent to the population can start later. However, the 20% of women having an intermediate or high risk should start at 40 years old. I think it's important to have a comprehensive risk assessment.
By the way, it's not so futuristic. We need the political will. We released the comprehensive risk prediction tool—by my colleague at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. Since 2020, already it has been used 1.7 million times in 120 countries.
This is the real world. Of course, if it's not currently available, the polygenic risk score, it will cost the same amount of money as a mammogram—around $100. It can be done once in a lifetime. It just needs political will to introduce this test. Any good genomic lab in Canada—because we have a very good platform and we have clinical labs—can perform maybe 5,000 to 10,000 tests per week. It's not so futuristic. We need political will to introduce innovation. The goal of our research is to provide innovation.
Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Health, during the annual meeting of the Quebec cancer program, gave us the award for our project for health promotion and prevention of cancer.