Health committee  I think it may be best to ask that question again in the next hour when Dr. Stephen Lam will present from British Columbia. About a year and a half ago we started some discussions with MP Lizon and Senator Ogilvy and some physicians across the country about screening programs i

Health committee  On the first question about what should we do with respect to the general public, because smoking is still the dominant risk factor, any strategy that does not include efforts to reduce cigarette smoking will have only marginal impacts. We can educate about radon and some of the

Health committee  I think that probably covers the main elements. You'll be aware of the elements that are required for a successful screening program. Those include a population at risk that you can intervene with rather than just diagnosing someone earlier but not being able to change the cour

Health committee  Well, it makes sense when you put it like that. A lot of the patients in my practice have been diagnosed with cancer at an early stage for exactly that reason. I like to tell a story of a lady who went shopping for a turkey for Thanksgiving, and she went to one of those big com

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for this opportunity. As you're aware, nearly half of all Canadians will develop cancer at some point in their lifetime and of these, lung cancer is the most common cancer in Canada. It's by far the biggest cause of cancer deaths in Canada and wor