We just had our paper accepted for publication. It was shared with PHAC and the task force, so they are aware of it. What the data shows, what this research shows, is that out of over 117,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer in Canada, Black women, Asian women and non-white women have a peak incidence of breast cancer at under age 50 in a majority of women and are more likely to be diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer under age 50 than white women are.
The ethnicity and race genetic factors at play in the U.S. are the same ones we're seeing in Canada. This also affects indigenous women. We have very strong evidence that this is the same issue, and again, it is why there's such an equity issue at play in Canada. By not lowering the screening age, we discriminate against these women and prevent them from being diagnosed at an early stage.