Many thanks for your further queries/suggestions.
Please see attached BreastScreen Australia position statement regarding breast density & breast screening (Click on PDF Link at the bottom.)
Also please see the link below for contacting BreastScreen NSW for any comments you wish to make concerning our position in NSW with regards to disclosure of breast density. Naomi Coombe (Program Manager) would be the contact person to direct your questions to.
https://www.breastscreen.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
I presume your suggestion of a tear off section is on the reminder letter that women receive to prompt a rescreen appointment?
As we send out in excess of 50,000 reminder letters annually (and thankfully a very small proportion of those women are diagnosed with breast cancer between screens) then this may not be considered necessary.
Having said that, I will certainly forward on your suggestion to our Marketing & Recruitment team for consideration.
Our target age for screening is 50-74 so we only remind women & advertise for women who are in that age group, however you are correct in saying that women from the age of 40 may choose to be screened in our Program. Younger women tend to have more dense breast tissue (therefore as you’ve alluded to, harder to diagnose) so we do not actively seek out this younger cohort.
I have also passed on your concerns to our manager here in Hunter New England (Rebecca Delaporte) and she will be responding to you by mail. (cc’d in email)
Once again I wish to thank you for your valuable feedback and suggestions.
I wish all the best.
