'There is work to do': Minister Dix gives cancer care update in Kelowna

While significant progress has been providing cancer care services, B.C.’s health minister points out there is still more to do.

A growing and aging population has spurred increasing demand for cancer care services. Cancer among young people is also increasing, along with a greater number of people with cancer living longer who require ongoing care, Dix added. “But I don’t think people in British Columbia care that we’re doing better than Ontario or Quebec or New Brunswick, or wherever. They want us to do much better.”

This includes cervix self-screening made available province-wide in January, a first-in-Canada option to screen at home. Also, more than 27,000 mammograms, and colon and lung screenings were completed this year.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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