Status of Women committee  I would like to add something very quickly. Our organization is the voice of people affected by cancer, so it is important to us that those people's experience be taken into account and be reflected in these studies. That is also fundamental to our work.

Status of Women committee  We are talking about prevention and early detection, which are two different things. As we said in our opening statement, we can also do things upstream from cancer by trying to promote healthy lifestyles, for example. That said, early detection is definitely a key factor, not only for increasing survival rates, but also for reducing the impact of treatments and for the secondary effects.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Ms. Van Dusen. Thanks also to the members of the committee. A growing number of Canadian provinces have begun expanding access to breast cancer screening services to people starting at age 40, or have said they would expand access. While the provinces and territories are examining the new national guidelines on this subject, the CCS is calling on governments that have not yet done so to include women aged 40 to 49 who are at average risk of breast cancer in their organized cancer screening programs.