admin The researchers and experts are warning all about the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, labeling the group’s cancer screening guidelines as “dangerous” and “deplorable.”
At a media conference on Monday, a group of medical professionals have emphasised on the pressing necessity for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Healthcare because of its outdated screening guidelines. They conducted that many Canadians are experiencing fatalities and hardships due to this.
“I regularly see patients who ask to be screened, only to be denied due to the task force recommendation and ultimately presented with an incurable stage of the disease. These patients feel let down by the system, and their physicians live with enormous regret,” said Dr. Fred Saad, who is a urological oncologist and the director of prostate cancer research at the Montreal Cancer Institute.
“The task force recommendation against screening is outdated, overly simplistic and goes against all other guidelines that encourage shared decision-making with patients. This has led to an increase in patients presenting with advanced, incurable stages of the disease [prostate cancer], as well as the increased risk of mortality due to the late diagnosis is underestimated,” he also added during the media conference.
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Healthcare is a self sufficient body which has its national guidelines which is used by family doctors in order to detect what kind of health screening patients need. They have 15 primary care and prevention experts across Canada and their goal is to create guidelines for all.
“The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care develops rigorous, evidence-based preventive health care guidelines based on the principles of impartiality, collaboration, and inclusivity. It applies international best practices for evidence review and guideline development used by guideline panels around the world,” a task force spokesperson wrote on Monday.
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