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BREAST CANCER PREVENTION AND SCREENING What is Breast Cancer Why Breast Cancer Screening is Important 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime Breast Cancer Risk Factors Two main risk factors are: Being a woman


  1. BREAST CANCER PREVENTION AND SCREENING

  2. What is Breast Cancer

  3. Why Breast Cancer Screening is Important 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime

  4. Breast Cancer Risk Factors Two main risk factors are:  Being a woman  Getting older

  5. Who Should be Screened?  Women between the ages of 50 and 74 – have a mammogram every two years  Women with a family or personal medical history of breast cancer – talk to their doctor

  6. Breast Cancer Screening Test = Mammogram Breast cancer found early by a mammogram

  7. How to Get a Mammogram Women aged 50 to 74 can:  Make their own appointment at a breast screening clinic  Ask their doctor to make an appointment at a breast screening clinic

  8. Breast Screening Clinics St. Michael’s Hospital, CIBC Breast Centre 30 Bond Street, 3 rd Floor, Donnelly Wing, South 416-864-6040 Central Toronto Diagnostic Imaging 658 Danforth Ave., Main Floor (Pape & Danforth) 416-465-5735

  9. The Mammogram Appointment  How to prepare for a mammogram  What happens during a mammogram  What happens after a mammogram

  10. Breast Cancer Screening Letters Sample Invitation Letter Sample Result Letter

  11. Know Your Breasts

  12. How to Lower the Risk of Breast Cancer

  13. Breast Cancer Screening Stories

  14. Group Discussion Questions YES or NO?

  15. For More Information Canadian Cancer Society: www.cancer.ca 1 888 939-3333 Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: www.ontario.ca/screenforlife My CancerIQ: www.mycanceriq.ca/ Toronto Public Health: www.toronto.ca/health 416-338-7600

  16. Support Services Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada www.willow.org, 1-888-778-3100 Canadian Cancer Society: • Smokers Helpline – visit smokershelpline.ca or call 1-877-513-5333 • Peer support – call 1-888-939-3333 or email info@cis.cancer.ca

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