Status of Women committee  I would absolutely agree. Right now, there's a lot of research going on in the States that shows that a large part of the issue in the racialized population, especially Black people, relates to genetics. There's a call for racialized women and Black women to engage in those clinical trials.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Thanks for the question. A number of things went on, including a randomized controlled trial, which is supposed to be the gold standard. There were issues with that randomization. There are papers that have shown that to be the case. There were other issues as well as that non-randomization.

Status of Women committee  I'll just start by saying that they did put it in the guidelines. There's been a lot of research done in the States to show that women with dense breasts have at least a four to six times higher risk of getting breast cancer. If you add MRI to supplemental screening, I think you pick up at least 80% more cancers, where in a mammogram it would have been normal.

Status of Women committee  I am not actually sure what their ethnicities are, but I think it's very few of them.

Status of Women committee  I'd have to check.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I was thinking about that question in terms of knowing what the specialties of the people who comprise the task force are, particularly with your comment about having skin in the game and the bias for breast experts. I've always thought about that and wondered what the bias is.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Good morning. Thank you. I'd like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women for this incredible opportunity to speak about the current Canadian breast screening guidelines. My name is Dr. Ify McKerlie. I've been a general radiologist with a focus on breast imaging for over 20 years.