Breast Cancer Screening
The Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) is a province wide, organized breast screening program that provides high-quality screening to Ontario women. Women eligible to be screened through the OBSP include Ontario residents who are 50-74 years of age and have no acute breast symptoms, no personal history of breast cancer, no current breast implants and have not had a screening mammogram within the last 11 months.
Women over the age 74 can be screened within the OBSP; however, they are encouraged to make a personal decision about breast screening in consultation with their healthcare provider. The OBSP will not recall women over age 74 to participate in the program.
The OBSP screens women aged 30-60 years at high risk for breast cancer with annual mammography and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening every year.
OBSP Guidelines
High Risk Referral Sites
- Referral Form: Cancer Care Ontario OBSP Requisition for High Risk Screening
- Cancer Care Ontario: OBSP High Risk Screening FAQ's for Healthcare Professionals
- Cancer Care Ontario: Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) Summary of Evidence
- Hereditary Cancer Genetics
Regional Performance
Cancer Quality Council of Ontario
Leadership
https://www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/en/central-east-regional-cancer-program/resources/Dr.-Rola-Shaheen-BIO_Edited-May-25th-2021.pdf
Dr. Rola Shaheen, Regional Breast and Cancer Imaging Lead
Dr. Rola Shaheen is the Regional Breast and Cancer Imaging Lead for the Central East Regional Cancer Program. Dr. Shaheen is the Chief of Radiology and Medical Director at Peterborough Regional Health Centre since 2015.
Dr. Shaheen received her MBBS degree from the University of Jordan and completed her residency training in Radiology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Shaheen is a fellowship trained women’s imaging/breast imager from Harvard University and is currently pursuing a Global MBA in Healthcare and Life Sciences from the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management.
Dr. Shaheen is passionate about multidisciplinary cancer care and multimodality imaging strategic planning with a focus on quality improvement. Dr. Shaheen was the Provincial Lead for the Mammography Quality Management Partnership between CCO and CPSO from 2016-2019. During this time, Dr. Shaheen was part of the team that developed informative provincial, regional and facility-level quality reports which included key performance indicators with targets and benchmarking to guide for continuous quality improvements. Read more about Dr. Shaheen
Dr. Avnish Mehta, Regional Primary Care and Cancer Screening Lead
Dr. Avnish Mehta completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and a Family Medicine Residency at the University of Toronto (UofT). He is the Medical Lead for the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities and Primary Care Sub-region Lead for Scarborough South within the CE LHIN.
Dr. Mehta has a wealth of experience at the local and regional level and across various health sectors in both the community and hospital setting.
Resources
Fact sheets, brochures, and videos - including multilingual and FNIM resources - available to download and print.