Resources
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Quality Framework
This framework supports the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It outlines the level of quality aimed for at each step of the screening process and how to achieve those.
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Joan’s story – I do everything right and I still had bowel cancer
Joan talks about her experience with bowel cancer, and how doing the screening test saved her life.
Responsibility of assessment teams to review and biopsy abnormal axillary lymph nodes in women with malignant lesions at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews whether axilla assessment should be done as part of their management.
Place of breast MRI as a problem solving tool at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the place of breast MRI in breast screening.
The duty of care of screening services to notify women with silicone breast implants of the presence of screen detected leaking implants
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the role of screening services in reporting implant problems detected during screening.
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Bruce’s story – We want to see our grandkids when we get older
Bruce is a Noongar man from Perth. In this video he encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to do the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program test as soon as it arrives in the mail.
BreastScreen Australia A3 poster
This A3-sized poster encourages women over 50 to have a free breast screen.
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Sharon’s story – Don’t make it too late
Sharon, an Aboriginal health worker from Darwin, shares the story of how bowel cancer affected her family, after her father was diagnosed in 2014. Sharon encourages people to use the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kit.
BreastScreen Australia – Response by Service/SCU (BSA005)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to respond to issues identified in the Survey and Interim Survey Report and NAS Measures that are unmet, unable to be assessed or met with exception. It must be submitted as part of an application for accreditation.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Campaign evaluation 2015
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program’s 2015 campaign, ‘A gift for living’.
National Bowel Cancer Screening – Campaign Evaluation 2015 – Report of Findings
This report presents the main findings of market research carried out in 2015 to evaluate the success of the bowel cancer screening campaign.
BreastScreen Australia campaign evaluation
This report outlines an evaluation to determine current levels of awareness, attitudes, knowledge, behaviour and intentions about breast cancer and breast cancer screening following the BreastScreen Australia campaign.
BreastScreen Australia – stakeholder image 1
An image for use by BreastScreen Australia stakeholders working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
BreastScreen Australia – stakeholder image 2
An image for use by BreastScreen Australia stakeholders working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
BreastScreen Australia – stakeholder image 3
An image for use by BreastScreen Australia stakeholders working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
BreastScreen Australia – stakeholder image 4
An image for use by BreastScreen Australia stakeholders working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
BreastScreen Australia – stakeholder image 5
An image for use by BreastScreen Australia stakeholders working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
BreastScreen Australia – You’re invited A3 poster
This A3 poster encourages women aged 50 to 4 to have a free breast screen every 2 years.
BreastScreen Australia – Poster – Catching it early
An A3 poster promoting the free BreastScreen test for women aged 50 to 74.
BreastScreen Australia – Brochure – Catching it early
This DL-size brochure provides information about breast cancer screening for Indigenous women aged 50 to 74.
BreastScreen Australia – You’re invited DL brochure
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Australian women. Find out more about the program in this short brochure.
BreastScreen Australia National Accreditation Handbook
The National Quality Management Committee (NQMC) is responsible for accrediting BreastScreen Australia screening services. This handbook explains the accreditation process and what’s involved in meeting the National Accreditation Standards.
BreastScreen Australia – Position statement on the use of tomosynthesis within breast screening
Statement from BreastScreen Australia about whether breast tomosynthesis, a new type of 3D mammogram, will be used in our screening program.
BreastScreen Australia – Position statement on the use of tomosynthesis within breast screening
Statement from BreastScreen Australia about whether breast tomosynthesis, a new type of 3D mammogram, will be used in our screening program.
BreastScreen and you
Find out about the breast cancer screening program and whether you should take part in it.
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