This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women aged 50-74 from Hunter New England Local Health District are being urged to book in a free mammogram, with almost than 40 (39.7) per cent of women in the region, which includes Gunnedah, overdue for their two-yearly breast cancer screen. Director of BreastScreen NSW, Hunter New England Screening Assessment Service, Olasunbo Olalere, said with more than 850 local women expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, now is the time to book in a free, life-saving breast screen. “For women aged 50-74, a breast screen every two years is still the best […]