Currently a Radiologist, previously a scientist. Interested in business/investing and breast cancer advocacy.
Edmonton, Alberta
Joined September 2021
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Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
This Canada. Good luck to our young people or immigrants, they have zero chance. Zero. h/t @danielfoch source @FraserInstitute
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
📣 LATEST IN JBI📣
✨BAC ➡️ highest diagnostic accuracy for CAC in women <60 yrs (93.2% for detection of women with marked CAC)
✨Reporting BAC on screening mammo 👉🏻use existing medical imaging data to prompt CV risk assessment and ⬇️ CVD morbidity
📩 doi.org/10.1093/jbi/wbaf009
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
Required reading for academics and philanthropists. University of Toronto is scandalously burying the fact that the study they endorsed was flawed. By not retracting their approval, they continue to contribute to avoidable deaths around the world.
retractionwatch.com/2025/04/…
Canada 🇨🇦 doesn’t just need #ElbsUp it need to #pivothard. Neither @MarkJCarney or @PierrePoilievre are the PM Canada needs right now. Both want to just shuffle deck chairs on the Titanic.
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
An overwhelming majority of Canadians, 79%, want to build pipelines across this country.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/co…
Did @GoAHealth just cancel some of all outpatient cataract surgeries in Calgary?
@Albertadoctors @AHS_YYCZone
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
Earlier initiation of screening mammography at age 40 may yield substantial health care savings by reducing the cost of breast cancer treatment. ja.ma/4fzvgQl
The CAD is getting close to what many banks predict it’s 2025 low to be… but it will likely go a bit lower. Is it time to move US index investments (in TFSA and RRSP accounts) over to CAD hedged equivalents (given a 20 yr time horizon and switching back later to unhedged)?
Proving yet again that annual screening mammography has better outcomes than biennial or intermittent mammography
auntminnie.com/clinical-news…
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
We cannot afford NOT to screen early. The cost of treating advanced breast cancer has skyrocketed, driven by the high cost of new, beneficial drugs and improved survival. Cdn research by @JeanSeely @Anwilkinson and others shows there are large reductions in treatment costs when cancers are detected earlier. Let's save lives, reduce suffering, and decrease the burden on the healthcare system! @markhollandlib @drsdelliscc @MPJulian @telfordk @CPHO_Canada @cantaskforce @WabKinew @francoislegault #cdnpoli
Canadians get the lowest quality healthcare system they are willing to tolerate. No politician wants to spend on HC unless they MUST for their political survival. It’s time to set aside our politeness, complacency and indifference… time to be angry.
@CMA_Docs @Albertadoctors
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
In Canada, the percent of breast cancer cases diagnosed before age 50: 32.3% in Black, 16.6% in White; In the US, 22% in Black and 14% in White women.
Median age at death in women from breast cancer: in Canada: Black 61, White 71; in the US: Black 63, White 70. @Anwilkinson
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
The @cantaskforce is guilty of being a “False Authority” (FA)
The FA fallacy occurs when a person making an argument doesn’t have the knowledge or qualifications to be credible but is perceived as credible b/c they are respected or admired.
@CanadaSBI @CMA_Docs @picardonhealth
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
Seriously. “Everything you ever wanted to know about breast imaging/screening/diagnosis, but were afraid to ask”!
Thank you, @DrPaulaGordon 👏👏👏
Thank you @DrPaulaGordon @FranceJanice for this presentation on breast cancer screening. So much great info!
youtube.com/watch?v=Frm70L2m…
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
Other screening guidelines that are in dispute:
Prostate cancer
Cervix cancer
Hepatitis C
Colorectal
Lung
Vision
Postpartum depression
Developmental delay in children
The breast screening guideline is ONLY one of many @cantaskforce guidelines harming Canadians. Almost every major healthcare area is impacted. Read why Canadians, who need up-to-date, safe, and clear guidelines for proper care, should be worried.
responsiblehealthcareguideli…
Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
TRIGGER warning: graphic descriptions (written)
I provided input to the Canadian Task Force, how the previous guidelines harmed me. Scratch that: are killing me.
I’m not sure the time I spent writing the brief made an iota of a difference based on the newly proposed guidelines. But if you are interested in reading what the impact of “underdiagnosis” can have - meaning not screening until you become symptomatic - take a read of my submission to the House of Commons. ourcommons.ca/Content/Commit…
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Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD retweeted
GRADE allows observational studies to be upgraded if they are show large magnitude benefits (Pan Canadian) and for RCTs to be downgraded if they are problematic (CNBSS). The @cantaskforce ignored this inconvenient truth.
Ignoring reason & evidence: Why new breast cancer guidelines from @cantaskforce advising against screening women in their 40s are misguided
@Albertadoctors @ABFamDocs @OntarioCollege @OntariosDoctors @CFPC_e theconversation.com/ignoring…
