{"id":3760,"date":"2020-09-23T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/?page_id=3760"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:59:19","slug":"breast-screening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/pathway\/early-diagnosis\/supporting-primary-care\/gp-contracts-primary-care-networks\/introducing-the-early-cancer-diagnosis-direct-enhanced-services-des\/increase-uptake-of-national-screening-programmes\/breast-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast screening\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/about-cancer\/breast-cancer\/getting-diagnosed\/screening\/breast-screening\">CRUK information on breast screening<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/topic\/population-screening-programmes\/breast\">NHS breast screening (BSP) programme : detailed information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In England, breast screening is currently offered to women aged 50 up to their 71st birthday.<\/p>\n<h6>Condition screened for:<\/h6>\n<p>Breast cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in the breast. It is the most common type of cancer in the UK, where about <strong>1 in 8<\/strong> women are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/breast-cancer\/\">NHS.UK<\/a> has more information on the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>symptoms of breast cancer<\/li>\n<li>causes of breast cancer<\/li>\n<li>treatment for breast cancer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Screening tests: <strong>Mammogram<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Women invited for a breast screening have an X-rays (mammograms) at a clinic or mobile breast screening unit. A female mammographer carries out the mammogram.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/breast-screening-helping-women-decide\/nhs-breast-screening-helping-you-decide\">NHS breast screening: helping you decide (English)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/breast-screening-helping-women-decide\">NHS breast screening: helping you decide (Various Languages)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/breast-screening-for-women-aged-71-or-over\/71-or-over-you-can-still-have-breast-screening-if-you-choose\">Are you 71 or over? You can still have breast screening if you choose<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are aged 71 or over, we do not automatically invite you for breast screening. However, you do have the right to free screening every 3 years if you ask. All you need to do is phone or write to your local breast screening unit to make an appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/service-search\/other-services\/Breast%20screening%20services\/LocationSearch\/325\">Find your nearest breast screening unit<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRUK information on breast screening NHS breast screening (BSP) programme : detailed information In England, breast screening is currently offered to women aged 50 up to their 71st birthday. Condition screened for: Breast cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in the breast. It is the most common type of cancer in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3720,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6023,"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3760\/revisions\/6023"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}