October is Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, providing an opportunity for us all to focus on breast cancer and its impact on those affected by the disease in our community.

Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among Australian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). Survival rates continue to improve in Australia with 89 out of every 100 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer now surviving five or more years beyond diagnosis.

Take the time in October to find out what you need to know about breast awareness and share this important information with your family, friends and colleagues.*

For BreastScreen WA, Breast Cancer Awareness Month means promoting our free screening service to the WA community as much as we can. Early detection saves lives, and the best method of early detection is screening mammograms. 

BreastScreen WA provides FREE screening mammograms to Western Australian women 40 years or over with no breast symptoms every two years. The BreastScreen WA Health Promotion team can provide resources, presentations or staffed displays for your workplace or community group to help promote breast cancer screening. Click here for more information.

*From Cancer Australia