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The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists - COVID-19 vaccination Position statement 18 January 2022 Updated statement on COVID vaccination related unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy from The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) The RANZCR have updated their advice on unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID vaccination, which can befound here. The important message from the RANZCR is that the occurrence of axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID vaccinations is rare and women are not recommended to delay screening mammograms. -
2021 Health Promotion in the Practice winner 05 December 2021 Ravenswood Family Practice wins BreastScreen WA's Health Promotion in the Practice. 2021 is the 20thyear that Health Promotion in The Practice has been run by BreastScreen WA with GPs. This annual health promotion activity promotes breast cancer awareness and the importance of breast cancer screening. The practices that participate organise innovative and attractive displays in their reception areas and waiting rooms. Practices submit photos for a competition where they are judges against criteria such as creativity and messaging. Some practices also raise funds for breast cancer research. -
BreastScreen WA Features in the West Australian 21 July 2021 In this feature BreastScreen WA talks about the precautions undertaken to ensure safe mammograms. The current worldwide pandemic makes it a worrying time for women, with BreastScreen WA ensuring COVID-19 safe practice guidelines are followed in all its clinics to protect its staff and clients when undergoing mammograms. Clickhereto see the full article.
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New BreastScreen WA Clinic opens in Albany 03 June 2021 On Friday 4 June 2021, MLA for Albany, The Hon Rebecca Stephens on behalf of the Minister for Health, announced the opening of a new BreastScreen WA Clinic in Albany that will operate year-round, permanent clinic at 2/2 Barnesby Drive, Yakamia. This new permanent clinic provides increased access for Albany and women living in the surrounding region to participate in screening and early detection. The fixed clinic will provide all year-round screening and will replace the Mobile Screening Unit which currently visits Albany an average of 12-15 months out of every two-year cycle. The clinic is open 3 days a week and is expected to provide an average of 3,000 screens annually to women in the Greater Southern region of Western Australia. The clinic has been designed to accommodate future growth in demand and has the capacity to increase to fulltime screening and house a second x-ray machine.... -
Why is BreastScreen WA asking women about their COVID vaccination? 21 March 2021 As you are no doubt aware the Commonwealth Government has committed to a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program to be completed by the end of 2021. There is no evidence that the COVID-19 disease or COVID-19 vaccination has any adverse effect on the breast tissue. Some recently published medical studies have reported a small incidence of mild lymph gland swelling in the armpit on the side of the inoculation for up to 6 weeks after the vaccination. BreastScreen WA is not recommending that women delay or reschedule their screening appointments. BreastScreen WA is asking women questions about the date, arm and brand of COVID-19 inoculation, so the consultant radiologist has this information when they interpret the mammogram images. If you have any queries about this matter, please contact BreastScreen WA on email breastscreenwa@health.wa.gov.au
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17/01/2023