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Earlier this week, Medcan’s Dr. Scott Gledhill joined John Moore on Newstalk 1010’s Moore in the Morning to discuss options for early cancer detection. Here’s the gist from their discussion:
Today, the options for cancer screening are limited. The cancers we can screen for are only screened individually – if screening exists at all. Some tests are invasive. Others involve radiation exposure. And many cancers still have no routine screening protocols.
That’s where new advancements are changing the conversation, and where Medcan is focusing on innovation, bringing new clinically validated solutions to Canada.
The conversation highlighted the Galleri test by GRAIL – a multi-cancer early detection test that screens for 50+ cancers with a single blood draw – to help detect a signal for cancer and where it’s located in the body, before symptoms appear.
Medcan is proud to be the exclusive provider of this test in Canada.
While it doesn’t replace existing screening, it helps fill critical gaps where early detection can make all the difference.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation with Dr. Scott Gledhill here: https://medcan.com/insights/current-early-cancer-screening-protocols-in-canada/
05/22/2026
Effective July 1, the colorectal cancer screening age in Ontario will be lowered from 50 to 45.
At Medcan, this is a change we’ve been waiting for given there’s been a concerning rise in diagnoses among younger adults. Evidence also shows that earlier detection dramatically improves outcomes – with survival rates near 90% compared to less than 15% once the disease is more advanced.
We’ve long recommended screening at 45 because, as Medcan Clinical Director of Endoscopy, Dr. Axler, puts it, “We refuse to be late to the game if it will save lives.”
We also advocate for colonoscopy as the gold standard because it doesn’t just detect cancer – it can prevent it.
Read our article here: https://medcan.com/insights/ontario-lowers-colorectal-cancer-screening-age-to-45--a-positive-shift-medcan-has-long-championed/ to learn more about our perspective on these new guidelines and how to be proactive with colorectal cancer screening.
Because when comes to colorectal cancer, the bottom line, says Dr. Axler, is to “Go get screened, screen earlier and do the best screening test to prevent cancer.”
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