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To make an appointment for your free screening mammogram, you or your Health Worker just need to call BreastScreen SA on 13 20 50 or visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/breastscreen Have a free screening mammogram every two years You can go to a screening clinic of your choice. There are ten in South Australia, with seven in Adelaide at: Hyde Park 292–294 Unley Road, Hyde Park Marion 199 Sturt Road, Seacombe Gardens Christies Beach U2 107–109 Dyson Road, Christies Beach David Jones Rose Clinic Located in David Jones Adelaide Store Lower Ground Floor, Adelaide Central Plaza 100 Rundle Mall, Adelaide Frome Road Frome Road, Adelaide Elizabeth 16 Playford Boulevard, Elizabeth Centro Arndale facing Hanson Road, Kilkenny Three mobile screening units go to country regions and some areas in Adelaide. Contact your Health Worker to find out where the mobile screening units are during the year. BreastScreen SA If you do not speak English, request an interpreter from SA Health and the Department will make every effort to provide you with an interpreter in your language. © Department for Health and Ageing, Government of South Australia. All rights reserved. 11507. Printed October 2013. 11507 - ATSI brochure_V2.indd 1 24/09/2012 12:04:42 PM Looking after the health of your breasts is important. Even if you can’t see any breast problems or feel a breast lump, you still need to check that your breasts are healthy. For women 40 years or older, and especially over 50, the best way to do this is by having a screening mammogram (breast X-ray) every two years. A screening mammogram looks inside your breasts. Most of the time, everything is OK. But sometimes the screening mammogram can show a breast cancer when it is still very small, even before you can feel it. Cancer can grow. It can also spread through the body. While screening mammograms are not 100% accurate, they are the best way to find cancer early, before it gets too big or spreads. The earlier cancer is found, the better chance we have of saving a woman’s breast, and her life. You can come to a BreastScreen SA clinic on your own, or with other women and you can wait together. At the clinic there will be a female radiographer. After you take off your top, she will take X-rays of both your breasts. She needs to press each breast in the X-ray machine to get the best picture. Some women may find this uncomfortable, but it only lasts for a few seconds. After your visit to the clinic, your X-rays are sent to Adelaide for checking. If there are any problems, BreastScreen SA will contact you, or your doctor or Health Worker. Most women have no problems and receive a letter saying there were no signs of breast cancer. So if you are a woman, especially aged 50 years or older, it is best to check your breasts with a screening mammogram every two years. Then we can find cancer early and give you greater chance of successful treatment. 11507 - ATSI brochure_V2.indd 2 24/09/2012 12:04:44 PM