MSP breast density announcement raises concerns

Health minister Adrian Dix’s announcement that B.C. will be the first province to notify women if they have dense breasts after screening mammograms, and may therefore be at higher risk of cancer, has led to some concerns and confusion about how the information should be used.
Advocates have long pressed cancer authorities and governments to share such information with women. It has always been collected by screening programs, and dense breasts are one of a number of factors raising the ri