Organisers of Breast Cancer Awareness month are urging women to book in for a free life-saving mammogram, saying 45.5 per cent of women aged 40+ in Greater Western NSW are overdue for breast screening.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with one in seven women set to be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
Age and being female are the biggest risk factors – not family history. Around 264 local women are expected to be diagnosed this year, and this by any standards is far too high…