Talk to your doctors about what cancer screening tests are best for you. It could save your life.

We have solid scientific evidence that screening through an organized program can reduce cancer deaths and, in some cases, even the incidence of certain cancers. Existing cancer screening has helped reduce the cancer toll in Canada. However, we need to do more to make the most of this opportunity, which has the potential to significantly reduce the cancer burden in this country.

While it's encouraging that the proportion of women in organized breast cancer screening programs has increased over time, in 2003 participation was only 34 per cent nationally.

Because of the long history of high-quality cervical cancer screening in Canada, the benefit achieved so far may be close to the maximum. However, it might be possible to see even further reductions in both incidence and death for this cancer if all elements of an organized screening program are incorporated, which would include identifying opportunities to increase participation.

He's lucky to be alive. Doctors ordered him out of the lineup in March when tests revealed he had blood in his steroids stream.

I want further tests done, I want to be able to ask questions of the doctors and get answers because the answers I was getting from the DSS are not necessarily untrue, but they did not have the medical knowledge to give the correct answers.