3 We offer free breast screens for women aged 40 and over. Breast screening is most effective for women aged 50 to 74. Our appointments are quick and can be made outside working hours. Book today. One in 7 women in Australia will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Regular breast screening helps save lives by finding breast cancer early when it’s easier to treat. A breast screen looks for very small breast cancers that can’t be seen or felt by a woman or her doctor. BreastScreen Queensland offers free breast screens (screening mammograms) for eligible people 40 years and older, with individuals welcome to continue screening beyond age 74. Women aged between 50 and 74 are actively encouraged to screen every two years, as the benefits of screening mammography have been shown to be most effective for this group. While early detection can increase treatment options, only one in every two local women aged 50 to 74 participates in the free breast screening program within recommended time frames. Of more than 34,500 people who screened at the BreastScreen Queensland Gold Coast Service last financial year, 1-in-10 stated they speak a language other than English at home. To help make it easier for people to learn more about breast screening and why it’s important, particularly for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, BreastScreen Queensland has recently released a suite of new translated information resources. People can visit the BreastScreen Queensland website, or scan the QR code, to access breast screening information in a range of languages. ‘A short guide to breast screening’ Fact sheet is now available in 13 languages - Arabic, Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Nepali, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog-Filipino, Thai, Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese – and can be found online at breastscreen.qld. gov.au/client-support/women-frommulticultural-communities A Fact sheet for women living with disability is available in English, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese via breastscreen. qld.gov.au/client-support/women-withdisability New resources help women learn more about free breast screening Two animated videos that help explain what happens at a breast screening appointment and Assessment clinic (for those who are asked to return for further tests), are accessible in numerous languages including Auslan. Permanent clinics are conveniently located at Burleigh Waters, Helensvale, Robina and Southport. A visiting mobile unit provides screening in additional locations throughout the year to help make it easier for people to attend closer to where they live or work. If you need interpreter assistance, you can call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131450 and ask to be connected to your nearest BreastScreen service. Eligible individuals who would like to book an appointment can do so by visiting breastscreen.qld.gov.au/make-anappointment or by phoning their nearest BreastScreen Queensland Service directly on 13 20 50. Authorised by the Queensland Government, William Street, Brisbane Scan for more information about breast screening in your language
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