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Victorians in the Goulburn Valley will soon have better access to lifesaving breast cancer screening and follow-up tests, thanks to Andrews Labor Government funding for a new BreastScreen Victoria Reading and Assessment Service.
Minister for Health Martin Foley today announced Shepparton would be home to the ninth BreastScreen Victoria Reading and Assessment Service in Victoria.
The new service is part of a $7.7 million boost over four years for BreastScreen Victoria assessment services as part of the
Improving Rural Health Outcomes initiative in the Victorian Budget 2020/21.
Eligible Victorians can receive their initial scan at one of 42 screening clinics and two mobile services across the state. If there is a need to have a follow up assessment, they can attend a Reading and Assessment Service.
New Mammogram Measures of Breast Cancer Risk Could Revolutionize Screening
World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in Melbourne could revolutionize breast screening by allowing it to be tailored to women at minimal extra cost
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January 6, 2021 World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in Melbourne could revolutionise breast screening by allowing it to be tailored to women at minimal extra cost.
Published in the
International Journal of Cancer, the University of Melbourne-led study found two new mammogram-based measures of risk. When these measures are combined, they are more effective in stratifying women in terms of their risk of breast cancer than breast density and all the known genetic risk factors.
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I d never had a mammogram before.
I didn t have a lump and I didn t have any of the other warning signs that something might not be right in my left breast. I am not really sure what made me think I ought to have one just before my 45th birthday. I had always thought you had to be 50 to get a free mammogram, but when I asked my GP I was told they were free from the age of 40.
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