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Ontario's Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

The Ontario government is launching the first population-based colorectal screening program in Canada, developed and implemented in collaboration with Cancer Care Ontario, the provincial agency that co-ordinates Ontario's cancer services and prevention programs.

The Ontario government will invest $193.5 million over the next five years to implement and expand the program. Experts recommend that all people aged 50 years and older should be screened for colorectal cancer. The colorectal cancer screening program will increase access to screening for Ontarian's aged 50 years and older.

For more information go to www.cancercare.on.ca .

News Release and Backgrounders :
January 23, 2007 McGuinty Government Launches First Colorectal Cancer Screening Program of its Kind in Canada
  • Ontario's Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening Program Evidence Highlights
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines, International Experience and Screening Methods
  • Preventing Colorectal Cancer
  • What Experts Are Saying About Ontario's New Colorectal Screening Program

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TTY 1-800-387-5559
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