BREAST SCREENING and MAMMOGRAPHY
Spread the word! Have your friends and relatives had a screening mammogram? Women who have had breast cancer are not eligible for the screening program, but they know how important the early detection of breast cancer is.Breast Screening Program Cancer Care of Newfoundland and Labrador
Services
- breast self-exam teaching, clinical breast exam and accredited mammography for women 50-69 years old with no symptoms of breast cancer
- public and professional education
- a certified breast examiner (registered nurse) performs a clinical breast exam and provides breast health information
- a certified breast imaging technologist performs a mammogram which consists of two views of each breast
- a radiologist reads and reports on the mammogram and makes recommendations for additional views, ultrasound or routine recall screening
- self-referral; no requisition is required
Appointments
Central East Health Region
tel: (709) 256-5597 (in Gander)
OR 1-800-414-3443 (toll-free)
fax: (709) 256-2715
James Paton Memorial Hospital
125 Trans Canada Highway
Gander, NL A1V 1P7
Western Region
tel: (709) 634-8558 (in Corner Brook)
OR 1-800-414-3443 (toll-free)
fax: (709) 634-8559
Western Memorial Health Clinic (former Canadian Tire Building)
Lower Level, 3 Herald Avenue
Corner Brook, NL
Avalon Peninsula
tel: (709) 777-5070 (St. John's)For general information about the program, contact:
OR 1-800-414-3443 (toll-free)
fax: (709) 777-5069
35 Major's Path
St. John's, NL A1A 4Z9
tel: (709) 777-5065 fax: (709) 777-5069
Diagnostic Mammograms
These are the facilities that offer diagnostic mammography in Newfoundland and Labrador:
- Carbonear: Carbonear General Hospital
- Clarenville: Dr. G.B. Cross Memorial Hospital
- Corner Brook: Western Memorial Regional Hospital
- Gander: James Paton Memorial Hospital
- Grand Falls-Windsor: Central NF Regional Health Centre
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay: Labrador Health Centre
- Labrador City: Captain William Jackman Memorial Hospital
- St. Anthony: Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital
- St. John's: St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
- Stephenville: Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital