For more than 20 years BreastScreen has had a statewide co-ordination role - it will now be devolved, or farmed out, to 17 health districts as part of a restructure of Queensland Health.
Thousands of women have been unable to get life-saving breast cancer screenings during Sydney's lockdown with a major clinic closed. BreastScreen NSW, which provides mammograms, is unable to open many ...
BreastScreen NSW services will begin reporting breast density later this month, as evidence grows that this increases cancer risk. Breast density – the ratio of fibroglandular (dense) tissue to fatty ...
Ms Plibersek has written to her state counterpart, Lawrence Springborg, saying delays in the "vital sequence of steps leading to the detection and early treatment of breast cancer", could jeopardise ...