Visitors to Lantern Club between June 27th and August 5th will notice a big pink surprise in the carpark. This is the BreastScreen NSW truck featuring a portable x-ray machine which will allow all visitors to Lantern Club to get a free check up.

Despite being all contained within one trailer, it still provides a high quality service for all patients in a comfortable and welcoming environment. The new mobile van is equipped with the latest digital mammography technology, providing clearer x-ray images, with less radiation exposure to the woman. It also has a new wheelchair facility allowing more women to access the service.
BreastScreen NSW adheres to strict quality standards. Every screening mammogram is read independently by two specially trained radiologists to optimise each client’s chance of finding cancer at an early stage.
Between 8:45am and 4:00pm between those dates mentioned above, the portable centre will be open and will continue to help ‘find the 50’. Statistically, there are 50 women in the Canterbury area right now who have breast cancer and are unaware.
Early detection is very important in fighting the disease and therefore regular checkups are recommended for all women. Especially those over the age of 50.
To make an appointment, you can call 132050 and if you would like to book for someone who needs a language interpreter call 131450.

In May 2016, a new Campsie site for BreastScreen NSW was opened partly thanks to Lantern Club after we raised $100,000 in our “Pink” campaign in October 2015.
These funds went towards building a ‘sensory suite’ which creates a much more relaxed environment for the women who are getting their scans done.
Since the opening, over 1000 women have bravely had appointments at the new outlet and 81% of those came from a non-English speaking background.
Located opposite Big W, women can be screened between 8:30am and 4pm Monday to Friday all year round.
The outlet will also have Mandarin and Cantonese interpreters every Tuesday between 9:30am and 4pm, Arabic interpreters every Wednesday between 9:30am and 4pm.
Most of the time you will have to make an appointment and you can do that by calling call 132 050. Sometimes drop ins are available though.
Visitors to Lantern Club between June 27th and August 5th will notice a big pink surprise in the carpark. This is the BreastScreen NSW truck featuring a portable x-ray machine which will allow all visitors to Lantern Club to get a free check up.

Breast Cancer Facts
– 15,740 people were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, 145 of those were male.
– Survival rates from breast cancer are increasing. These days, 90% of those diagnosed with breast cancer have lived beyond five years after the diagnosis. That’s up from 72.2% in 1986.
– 1 in 8 females will be diagnosed with breast cancer before their 85th birthday.
– Breast cancer is most commonly diagnosed in 65-69 year olds. More so than in 70-74 and 75-79 year olds.
– Statistically, there are 8000 people in Australia currently with breast cancer but haven’t been diagnosed yet.
 
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