Breast screening: high risk women
This document explains the NHS breast screening programme for women defined as being at high risk of breast cancer.
Applies to England
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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.
To request another format, you can phone 0300 311 22 33 or email england.contactus@nhs.net.
Updates to this page
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates
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Added information on how to request alternative formats via NHS England's Customer Contact Centre.
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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.