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'I had to lie to get a mammogram': Woman says being untruthful may have saved her life

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Sidra Lone , 38 , says being untruthful may have saved her life.

She was diagnosed with stage two , triple negative breast cancer after lying at a medical appointment so she could get a mammogram.

Ontario will soon allow women who are 50 and older to request for a publicly funded mammogram soon.

Sealy says more work needs to be done to identify high risk high risk women.

Over half of women get breast cancer under the age of 50 so we have to really try to target them.

Sealy doesn't dismiss the chance the minimum age for mammograms could be lowered in the future.

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