Breast screening programmes
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AThe breast screening program is where mammography is carried out in asymptomatic women for the improved detection of breast cancer.
Each country / state/state has its own program and some are listed as below (accurate as of Dec 2010).
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Australia: primarily targeted at women between 50-69 every two years while women over 40 years are also eligible free of charge (www.cancerscreening.gov.au)
- Western Australia: www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/home
- Victoria: www.breastscreen.org.au
- New South Wales: www.bsnsw.org.au
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Canada
:- British Columbia: offered to women between 40-79 every two years free of charge (www.bccancer.bc.ca)
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Ireland:
: offeredoffered to women between 50-64 years of age every 2 years free of charge (www.breastcheck.ie) - New Zealand: offered to women between 45-69 every 2 years free of change (http://nsu.govt.nz)
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Singapore: offered to women over 50 at subsidised cost every 2 years and women between 40
- 49-49 are encouraged to have an informed choice with option to join (www.hpb.gov.sg ) - United Arab Emirates : offered to women over 40 years every two years (www.moh.gov.ae)
- United Kingdom: offered to women between 50-70 every 3 years with provision to expand the age limit to 47-73 (http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/breastscreen/index.html)
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Italy: offered to women between 50-69 every 2 years free of charge
:(http://www.osservatorionazionalescreening.it/)
See also
-<p>A<strong> breast screening program</strong> is where <a href="/articles/mammography" title="Mammography">mammography</a> is carried out in asymptomatic women for the improved detection of <a href="/articles/breast-neoplasms" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a>.</p><p>Each country / state has its own program and some are listed as below (accurate as of Dec 2010).</p><ul>- +<p>The <strong>breast screening program</strong> is where <a href="/articles/mammography">mammography</a> is carried out in asymptomatic women for the improved detection of <a href="/articles/breast-neoplasms">breast cancer</a>.</p><p>Each country/state has its own program and some are listed as below (accurate as of Dec 2010).</p><ul>
-<strong>Australia</strong> : primarily targeted at women between 50-69 every two years while women over 40 years are also eligible free of charge : <a href="http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/breastscreen-about" title="www.cancerscreening.gov.au">www.cancerscreening.gov.au</a><ul>- +<strong>Australia</strong>: primarily targeted at women between 50-69 every two years while women over 40 years are also eligible free of charge (<a href="http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/breastscreen-about">www.cancerscreening.gov.au</a>)<ul>
-<strong>Western Australia</strong> :<a href="http://www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/home/" title="www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/home "> www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/home </a>- +<strong>Western Australia: </strong><a href="http://www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/home/">www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/home</a>
-<strong>Victoria</strong> : <a href="http://www.breastscreen.org.au/" title="www.breastscreen.org.au">www.breastscreen.org.au</a>- +<strong>Victoria</strong>: <a href="http://www.breastscreen.org.au/">www.breastscreen.org.au</a>
-<strong>New South Wales</strong> : <a href="http://www.bsnsw.org.au/" title="http://www.bsnsw.org.au/">www.bsnsw.org.au</a>- +<strong>New South Wales</strong>: <a href="http://www.bsnsw.org.au/">www.bsnsw.org.au</a>
-<strong>Canada</strong> :-<ul><li>-<strong>British Columbia </strong>: offered to women between 40-79 every two years free of charge : <a href="http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/Screening/Breast/default.htm" title="http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/Screening/Breast/default.htm">www.bccancer.bc.ca</a>-</li></ul>- +<strong>Canada</strong><ul><li>
- +<strong>British Columbia</strong>: offered to women between 40-79 every two years free of charge (<a href="http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/Screening/Breast/default.htm">www.bccancer.bc.ca</a>)</li></ul>
-<strong>Ireland </strong>: offered to women between 50-64 years of age every 2 years free of charge : <a href="http://www.breastcheck.ie/" title="http://www.breastcheck.ie/">www.breastcheck.ie</a>-</li>- +<strong>Ireland:</strong> offered to women between 50-64 years of age every 2 years free of charge (<a href="http://www.breastcheck.ie/">www.breastcheck.ie</a>)</li>
-<strong>New Zealand</strong> : offered to women between 45-69 every 2 years free of change : <a href="http://nsu.govt.nz/index.aspx" title="http://nsu.govt.nz/index.aspx">http://nsu.govt.nz</a>-</li>- +<strong>New Zealand</strong>: offered to women between 45-69 every 2 years free of change (<a href="http://nsu.govt.nz/index.aspx">http://nsu.govt.nz</a>)</li>
-<strong>Singapore</strong> : offered to women over 50 at subsidised cost every 2 years and women between 40 - 49 are encouraged to have an informed choice with option to join : <a href="http://www.hpb.gov.sg/programmes/article.aspx?id=3324" title="www.hpb.gov.sg ">www.hpb.gov.sg </a>-</li>- +<strong>Singapore</strong>: offered to women over 50 at subsidised cost every 2 years and women between 40-49 are encouraged to have an informed choice with option to join (<a href="http://www.hpb.gov.sg/programmes/article.aspx?id=3324">www.hpb.gov.sg </a>)</li>
-<strong>United Arab Emirates</strong> : offered to women over 40 years every two years : <a href="http://www.moh.gov.ae/en/OurServices/Pages/BeatBreastCancer.aspx" title="http://www.moh.gov.ae/en/OurServices/Pages/BeatBreastCancer.aspx">www.moh.gov.ae</a>-</li>- +<strong>United Arab Emirates</strong> : offered to women over 40 years every two years (<a href="http://www.moh.gov.ae/en/OurServices/Pages/BeatBreastCancer.aspx">www.moh.gov.ae</a>)</li>
-<strong>United Kingdom</strong> : offered to women between 50-70 every 3 years with provision to expand the age limit to 47-73 : <a href="http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/breastscreen/index.html" title="http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/breastscreen/index.html">http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/breastscreen/index.html</a>-</li>- +<strong>United Kingdom</strong>: offered to women between 50-70 every 3 years with provision to expand the age limit to 47-73 (<a href="http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/breastscreen/index.html">http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/breastscreen/index.html</a>)</li>
-<strong>Italy</strong> : offered to women between 50-69 every 2 years free of charge : <a href="http://www.osservatorionazionalescreening.it/">http://www.osservatorionazionalescreening.it/</a>-</li>-</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/screening-for-breast-cancer" title="Screening for breast cancer">screening for breast cancer</a></li></ul>- +<strong>Italy</strong>: offered to women between 50-69 every 2 years free of charge (<a href="http://www.osservatorionazionalescreening.it/">http://www.osservatorionazionalescreening.it/</a>)</li>
- +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/screening-for-breast-cancer">screening for breast cancer</a></li></ul>
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