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Please mail to: Glen Oaks, 3164 9th Line, R.R. #1, Oakville L6J 4Z2 Early detection through mammography can reduce breast cancer deaths by 40% Photo by Barrie Erskine Radiologist Dr. Terry Minuk of Oakville X-ray Ltd.; breast cancer survivor Lottie Grant of Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services; Juliet D'Aurizio, nurse examiner with the Ontario Breast Screening Program, and Jan Watson, X-ray technician; check out the General Electric Senographe DMR mammogram machine to be used by the Ontario Breast Screening Program's new Oakville site at Oakville X-ray Ltd at 1060 Speers Rd. SALE PRICES END SUNDAY, APRIL 25,1999, WHILE QUANTITIES LAST Last 4 days 14' Now$497 LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR ON KENMORE ULTRA WASH DISHWASHER Save $102. 3 wash levels provide even wash coverage. 6 push buttons and 5 wash cycles. Delay for up to 5 hours. #15641. Sears reg. 599.99. Black console also available Now$597 LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR ON KENMORE 30" ELECTRIC RANGE Save $242. 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Excludes items in Liquidation/Outlet stores and Catalogue purchases. Offer ends Sunday. May 9, 1999. Ask for details. N P 0431399 Copyright 1999. Sears Canada Inc. Come see the many sides o f Sears T M Visit Sears Oakville Place Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am-9:00 pm. Sat. 8:00 am-6:00 pm. Sun.11 am-6 pm. By Wilma Blokhuis BEAVER FOCUS EDITOR The Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) has come to Oakville, and Lottie Grant couldn't be happier. A breast cancer survivor, Grant spoke about the importance of breast screening. Grant, who helps facilitate Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services' Oakville support group for women with breast cancer and sur­ vivors, told Monday's official opening of OBSP's Oakville site - it's first loca­ tion in Halton - that she was diagnosed 7 1/2 years ago "after I had my first mammogram at age 58 - despite hav­ ing already had two benign tumours removed from that same breast." She considers herself lucky. The malignant tumour was under one cen­ timetre in size, small enough to avoid chemotherapy and radiation, but large enough to require surgery and two years of tamoxifen. Grant is now a strong supporter of regular breast screening for women over 50. "I am grateful for the OBSP coming to Oakville. Now women can take bet­ ter charge of their own breast health. Breast screening saves lives." "Breast cancer is a scary disease," says Dr. Terry Minuk, radiologist at Oakville X-ray Ltd, "and over the last 50 years we have not advanced very much toward lowering the mortality rate, despite better chemotherapy and surgery. We've made no great strides until the last five years, when breast screening was improved." The OBSP, operated by Cancer Care Ontario and funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health, promotes and encourages regular breast screen­ ing of all women aged 50 to 74, the years in which 77% of all breast can­ cers occur, and the age group where under 24% of women have never had a mammogram. "Breast screening has resulted in a 40% improvement in the mortality rate among the breast screened popula­ tion," said Dr. Minuk. "I encourage all women to have regular breast screen­ ing every two years once they reach 50." Last year, about 7,600 Ontario women developed breast cancer, and about 2,000 died of the disease. Each year in Halton, 170 women are diag­ nosed with breast cancer, says Dr. Robert Nosal, Halton's Chief Medical Officer of Health, resulting in 60 deaths annually. "We want to reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer by 10% over the next 10 years." Early detection is vital, he explains. "Breast screening picks out the cancer about three to five years earlier -- before you feel it - when it's still living in the breast. Cancer in the breast is not a killer - but once it moves out of the breast, then yes. It's important to catch the disease before it spreads out of the breast." In addition to breast screening, the OBSP teaches and encourages breast self-examination, and can provide a step-by-step instruction pamphlet. And, he encourages women to arrive with their doctor's requisition for breast screening, "so they will get to know we're here. We need the involvement and support of the family doctors." The Oakville site is the newest of OBSP's 38 sites across Ontario, Dr. Verna Mai, director of breast screening programs for Cancer Care Ontario. OBSP screened 16,000 women during its first year of operation, 1990. Over 100.000 women had mammograms last year, this year's projection is 170,000, and the ultimate goal is to screen 325.000 women aged 50 to 74 annual­ ly- "Our goal is a reduced death among a screened population with good par­ ticipation," concluded Dr. Mai. Joining Grant, a retired Town of Oakville employee in promoting breast screening, will be Mayor Ann Mulvale. "I'm turning 50 in August and I will become a client." Pointing out she is a patron of Burlington Breast Cancer Support Service, Mulvale believes more aware­ ness of breast cancer and what steps can be taken for early detection is due to "people talking about it these days. "When my mothers oldest sister had a double mastectomy, nobody talked about it. Today, we talk about it. "When women have breast cancer, it impacts everybody in their families . . . everybody in their lives. "It's not just a women's disease, but a people issue." The OBSP is supported in Halton by Halton Breast Health Network, Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services, Canadian Cancer Society, the region's four hospitals, and a number of individuals. The OBSP has affiliated itself with Oakville X-ray Ltd., at 1060 Speers Rd., Unit 111, call 844-0181.