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Hervey Bay Independent : 9th October 2014
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Breast screening cuts cancer mortality rates Statistics show that nine out of 10 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. CHECK OUT OUR NEW RANGE OF HANDBAGS & JEWELLERY C R In stock now! Eli Waters Shopping Centre | Open Mon-Sat 7am PHONE 4194 0788 A-la-Carte or All You Can Eat Buffet Ph: 07 4125 1233 Lunch Special Home Delivery Heading in to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service (WBHHS) Cancer Care Services operations director Raymond Johnson is encouraging all women over the age of 40 to visit the BreastScreen Clinic for a check up. “Having a regular breast screen is the best way of fi nding breast cancers early, even before they can be felt or other signs noticed,” he said. “One in eight women in Australia will develop breast cancer in their lifetime and the risk of breast cancer increases dramatically after the age of 50, with 76 per cent of women diagnosed in this age group.” Mr Johnson said women do not need a referral from their doctor to book an appointment at the BreastScreen Clinic. All mammograms and screenings are free. Since the start of the year BreastScreen Clinics across the Wide Bay have completed 8683 screenings. 4 402 Esplan T Torq nade quay (cnr Tav e, vistock k St) c www.chinaworld.com.au reast screening reast screening cuts cancer mortality rates Statistics show that nine out of 10 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. CHECK OUT OUR NEW RANGE OF HANDBAGS & JEWELLERY C R In stock now! Eli Waters Shopping Centre | Open Mon-Sat 7am PHONE 4194 0788 A-la-Carte or All You Can Eat Buffet Ph: 07 4125 1233 Lunch Special Home Delivery Heading in to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service (WBHHS) Cancer Care Services operations director Raymond Johnson is encouraging all women over the age of 40 to visit the BreastScreen Clinic for a check up. “Having a regular breast screen is the best way of fi nding breast cancers early, even before they can be felt or other signs noticed,” he said. “One in eight women in Australia will develop breast cancer in their lifetime and the risk of breast cancer increases dramatically after the age of 50, with 76 per cent of women diagnosed in this age group.” Mr Johnson said women do not need a referral from their doctor to book an appointment at the BreastScreen Clinic. All mammograms and screenings are free. Since the start of the year BreastScreen Clinics across the Wide Bay have completed 8683 screenings. 4 402 Esplan T Torq nade quay (cnr Tav e, vistock k St) c www.chinaworld.com.au D D china orld awo drestaurant “In Australia, women diagnosed with breast cancer have better survival prospects than women in most other countries - so it is important to have a regular mammogram to ensure you can be diagnosed early,” Mr Johnson said. His calls were echoed by that of Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift who confi rmed that Queensland had the fourth-highest uptake rate of breast screening in the country. Ms Clift said the BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012 showed that 54 per cent of eligible women had Christine Avery speaks to radiographer Anne Portess and clinical co-ordinator Dr Marilyn Peers of BreastScreen Queensland Wide Bay Service before her screening mammogram. a mammogram in 2011/12, compared to around 54 per cent nationally. “We’ve seen a signifi cant drop in breast cancer mortality from 48 deaths per 100,000 women in 2007 to 44 deaths per 100,000 women in 2011,” Ms Clift said. “This report reinforces the fact that breast cancer screening works – and we need more eligible women to take up their free mammograms every year through BreastScreen Queensland.” Ms Clift said a study conducted by the Cancer Council earlier this year showed that women screened by BreastScreen Queensland had better survival rates than those not screened, even after adjusting for tumour stage. “The fi ndings showed the survival benefi ts of mammographic screening remained consistent across Queensland, regardless of where women lived,” she said. “Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed through a breast screening program tend to have a better prognosis because they’re detected at an earlier, lessadvanced stage.” To book an appointment at the Wide Bay BreastScreen Clinic phone 13 20 50. 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