'Breast cancer won't wait for COVID': Make screening a priority - Fairfield City Champion

BreastScreen NSW is encouraging women aged 50 to 74 to book a free life-saving mammogram during October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month. BreastScreen NSW clinical director Dr Patsy Soon urged women in south-west Sydney to make booking a breast screen a "priority". "BreastScreen NSW has implemented a range of hygiene and social-distancing measures to ensure clinics and mobile screening vans are COVID-19 safe, to protect women, staff and the wider community," Dr Soon said. The measures include: Cancer Institute NSW chief executive Professor David Currow said early detection was key to giving women the best chance of survival and reduced the likelihood of needing invasive treatment, such as mastectomy or chemotherapy. "In 2020 alone, it's expected that more than 6,240 women in NSW will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 973 will die from the disease," Professor Currow said. "While these numbers are sobering, the good news is that if detected early, women have a 98 per cent chance of survival. "Breast screens can detect cancer as small as a grain of rice. "Our research shows that women who receive a diagnosis as a result of regular breast screening are less likely to need a mastectomy. "It proves that early detection is key to unlocking less invasive treatment options for patients, making it easier for them to recover, and giving them an overall better quality of life." The NSW Government, through the Cancer Institute NSW, is investing $62.4 million in breast cancer screening this financial year. An appointment with BreastScreen NSW is free, takes about 20 minutes in total and no doctor's referral is needed. In addition to 46 BreastScreen NSW clinics, BreastScreen NSW has 16 mobile vans that provide services to about 180 locations across NSW, including in rural and remote areas. If you are aged 50 to 74, book a free mammogram at: book.breastscreen.nsw.gov.au or by calling 13 20 50.

BreastScreen NSW is encouraging women aged 50 to 74 to book a free life-saving mammogram during October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

BreastScreen NSW clinical director Dr Patsy Soon urged women in south-west Sydney to make booking a breast screen a "priority".

"BreastScreen NSW has implemented a range of hygiene and social-distancing measures to ensure clinics and mobile screening vans are COVID-19 safe, to protect women, staff and the wider community," Dr Soon said.

The measures include:

• Pre-screening questions around personal health and travel
  
• Limiting the number of people in the clinic/van
  
• Practising social distancing and providing hand sanitiser in waiting rooms
  
• A minimal contact check-in process
  
• Wearing masks
  
• Additional cleaning of equipment and commonly used surfaces.

Cancer Institute NSW chief executive Professor David Currow said early detection was key to giving women the best chance of survival and reduced the likelihood of needing invasive treatment, such as mastectomy or chemotherapy.

"In 2020 alone, it's expected that more than 6,240 women in NSW will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 973 will die from the disease," Professor Currow said.

"While these numbers are sobering, the good news is that if detected early, women have a 98 per cent chance of survival.

"Breast screens can detect cancer as small as a grain of rice.

"Our research shows that women who receive a diagnosis as a result of regular breast screening are less likely to need a mastectomy.

"It proves that early detection is key to unlocking less invasive treatment options for patients, making it easier for them to recover, and giving them an overall better quality of life."

The NSW Government, through the Cancer Institute NSW, is investing $62.4 million in breast cancer screening this financial year.

An appointment with BreastScreen NSW is free, takes about 20 minutes in total and no doctor's referral is needed.

In addition to 46 BreastScreen NSW clinics, BreastScreen NSW has 16 mobile vans that provide services to about 180 locations across NSW, including in rural and remote areas.

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