The goals of the Manitoba Breast Screening program are to:

• To reduce mortality from breast cancer
  
• To provide a service that is responsive to women
• To screen 70% of the population of Manitoba women 50 to 69 years of age
• To provide organized follow-up of results

The fact sheets in this section of our Web site provide an overview of the Manitoba Breast Screening Program, a summary of our latest program results and a screening research reference list.

Our program also produces an annual report of results.  • download the biennial report.

Click here to view published results about the program's direct referral service and it's effect on the time to diagnosis.

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All provinces in Canada have breast screening programs. Health Canada collects data from all provincial programs, evaluates and compiles reports such as:

• Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada - Report on Program Performance in 2003 and 2004
  • in English (link)
  • in French (link)
• Report from the Evaluation Indicators Working Group: Guidelines for Monitoring Breast Screening Program Performance
  • in English (199 KB)
  • in French (215 KB)

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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health has recommendations on Breast Self Exam available on their website that you can download in .pdf format.