Insurers Tracking Unnecessary Testing with Myriad's BRACAnalysis Tests

$5.4 million Quebec breast cancer wait list class action settlement approved by court Patients who experienced post-surgery radiotherapy treatment...

$5.4 million Quebec breast cancer wait list class action settlement approved by court
Patients who experienced post-surgery radiotherapy treatment delays must file claims by March 31, 2010

2007 British Columbia PET scans approved for gyn cancers

vs zero for Ontario
reference document for B.C. criteria

Correspondence: Molecular Screening for Lynch Syndrome: From Bench to Bedside

Lynch syndrome is the most prevalent familial cancer. Screening
can prevent death from new colon and endometrial cancers among
the patients and family members. We urge the implementation of a
molecular screening for all colorectal cancer patients and suggest
taking advantage of BRAF and methylation analyses in MLH1-
negative cases to select the patients at highest risk.

To find a global solution to cancer, we need a global conversation - The Globe and Mail

To find a global solution to cancer, we need a global conversation - The Globe and Mail:

"The patient rarely, if ever, has a meaningful role in their care or any real power in the health system.

The public and patients rarely have a voice."