Breast screening: high risk women
This document explains the NHS breast screening programme for women defined as being at high risk of breast cancer.
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This information explains surveillance screening for women with a high risk of breast cancer.
It covers:
- what the term ‘high risk’ means
- who is offered surveillance screening
- methods of surveillance screening
- how to continue to have screening once invitations stop at the age of 71
This information is available in A4 PDF format (in English) to print out and provide for people who cannot access digital information.
Contact the screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.
Last updated 4 August 2022 + show all updates
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Updating confidentiality section, replacing mention of Public Health England with NHS England.
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Addition of plain A4 PDF version for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.
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Leaflet updated to include information for those over 71.
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Added new HTML version of document.
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Added information on use of gadolinium during MRI scans.
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Updated format of leaflet, to include information about data use and confidentiality.
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First published.