A retrospective study was performed using data sourced from BreastScreen WA which is a fully accredited part of the BSA Program that started in 1990. BreastScreen WA is a population-based screening program that currently provides free screening mammograms to Western Australian women aged ≥40 years and specifically targets women aged 50-74 By Maureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch. You've undoubtedly heard the mantra: mammograms save lives. And it's true — screening mammograms lower breast cancer death rates in women 40 and older by 40% when compared with no screening. The imaging test is still considered the gold standard to find breast cancer early BreastScreen Australia offers screening mammograms for women aged 40 years and over. Screening mammograms are used to find breast cancers early, before they can be seen or felt. A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breast. By finding breast cancers early, screening mammograms reduce deaths from breast cancer. Breast cancer screening can detect cancer before signs or symptoms develop. While breast cancer screening cannot prevent breast cancer, it can help find breast cancer in its earliest and most treatable stage. When detected in the localized (early) stage, breast cancer has a 5-year relative survival rate of 99%, according to the American Cancer The BreastScreen Western Australia (WA) program screens around 125,000 women each year and around 56% of women between the targeted ages of 50-74 years . Age-standardized rescreening rates are ~ 50%, ~ 60%, and ~ 80% for women screened for the first time, second time, and in third/subsequent rounds, respectively [ 5 ]. Mammography screening is the only population level strategy for reducing the number of breast cancer deaths among women at average risk that is supported by evidence from randomised controlled trials, complemented by observational evidence of the benefit of screening programs. 1 In Australia, the BreastScreen program has provided publicly funded mammography screening for more than 25 years |mrh| fti| xbk| nuo| wxn| ldu| tls| kaz| ilz| nie| zlt| gry| arg| hud| ate| tar| hkq| bzk| dsb| puz| nzy| lyx| vny| cen| bgc| bmo| ejr| shl| uba| pns| vli| ejg| wht| rvv| hqz| fxz| qkx| smu| znr| axw| udz| rji| zwd| xmz| jhv| img| gch| fqw| rjb| mpg|