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Breast screening can save lives
Published:
HPA and the Quality Assurance Reference Centre on behalf of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), January 2009. This is a revised version of Breast screening: Your early warning system, November 2007. |
Description:
This leaflet is used to support the Northern Ireland breast screening programme. It is mainly issued by local screening centres with a letter, inviting women in the target group of ages 50 to 70 to attend for breast screening every three years. It explains the importance of screening in detecting breast cancer, what happens at a screening appointment, the issuing of the results, and contact details for the four screening centres throughout Northern Ireland. It also includes details about the Northern Ireland cancer screening website. |
Format:
1/3 A4, 8 pages, leaflet. |
Other
formats:
PDF available here (159kb). |
Target
group:
Women aged 50-70 years. |
Additional
information:
This leaflet is available from local screening centres, hospitals, GP surgeries, independent clinics and the Central Health Promotion Resource Services in HSC Trusts. |
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