BreastScreen Australia Program

BreastScreen Australia turns 30, October is breast cancer awareness month, Breast cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer in Australian women, with 1 in 7 women diagnosed at some stage in their life, Over the last 30 years, BreastScreen Australia has provided more than 20 million mammograms and detected over 20,000 cancers,

Breast cancer screening

BreastScreen Australia is the national breast screening program and actively invites women aged 50—74 to have a free two yearly mammogram, Women aged 40—49 and those aged over 74 are also eligible to receive a free mammogram but do not receive an invitation, It is important to continue to attend screening when you are invited to do so,

About the BreastScreen Australia Program

Breast cancer screening can save lives, BreastScreen Australia is the national breast cancer screening program, Every state and territory operates a BreastScreen Australia service, and invites women aged between 50 and 74 years to have a mammogram every 2 years,

Screening

Finding cancer at an early stage increases the chances of successful treatment and improved survival, There are two ways you can act to find cancer early: It’s important to get to know your body and what is normal for you, If you notice anything unusual for you, see your doctor, The Australian Government operates the following screening programs for eligible Australians:

Breast Screening Australia

Admittedly, breast cancer in men is rare, A man’s lifetime risk of the disease is 1 in 1,000, while a woman’s is 1 in 8, But according to a 2012 study that assessed more than 13,000 male breast cancers from the US National Cancer Data Base, men with breast cancer are less likely to survive the disease than women,

Roadmap for Optimising Screening in Australia

Background

BREAST Australia

High quality breast imaging and accurate image assessment are critical to the early diagnoses, treatment and management of women with cancer, Mammography is the primary diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer with 800,000 women X-rayed annually in Australia however, it fails to detect 30% of breast cancers, with many missed cancers being visible on the image,

BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2018 Full

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BreastScreen Australia is the national breast cancer screening program, It aims to reduce illness and death from breast cancer through an organised approach to the early detection of breast cancer, using screening mammography to detect unsuspected breast cancer in women, Early detection provides an opportunity for early treatment, which can reduce illness and death, Women aged 40 and over are

RACGP

The screening strategy employed for an individual woman depends on her individual degree of risk, Validated tools are available that can assess an individual woman’s breast cancer risk eg International Breast Cancer Intervention Study IBIS tool, available here, 47 For asymptomatic, low-risk women, BreastScreen Australia recommends screening mammograms every two years for women aged 50

RACGP

Since the start of mammographic screening, breast cancer treatment has improved, which has contributed to reduced mortality rates, In Australia, it is estimated that for every 1000 women who are asymptomatic and at average risk who are screened biannually with mammography from age 50 to 74 years, eight deaths will be prevented and approximately eight range 2–21 women will be diagnosed …