SINGAPORE – The cost of a mammogram could now be as low as S$25 for ladies over 50, on account of some extra assistance from the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS).
The SCS declared the S$25 financing help on Monday (Oct 3) as a feature of its yearly Breast Cancer Awareness battle. The goal is to develop a propensity for having consistent mammogram screenings.
The cost of a mammogram at a polyclinic is about S$100. Singapore natives, for instance, would get an administration sponsored rate of S$50 (it's S$75 for Permanent Residents), on the off chance that they visit chose mammography focuses, and with a S$25 financing help from SCS, their bill would come up to S$25.
This program is accessible for ladies who meet the qualification criteria:
Singaporean or Permanent Resident matured 50-years of age or more seasoned ;
Have not had a mammogram done in the previous 24 months;
Have not been bosom sustaining for as long as six months and is not pregnant;
No bosom inserts nor a background marked by bosom tumor; and are asymptomatic with no bosom disease side effects.
The offer is accessible until Jan 31 one year from now. In any case, arrangements must be made at taking part bosom screening focuses by Dec 31 this year.
A sum of 47 bosom screening focuses, including polyclinics and private screening focuses, are taking an interest in this program.
Having a mammogram implies that if ladies distinguish bosom tumor early, they have "more choices and may prompt to better treatment results and survival", said Dr Yap Yoon Sim, executive of the SCS Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2016, and senior specialist at the Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Singapore.
"Going for customary mammogram screening is essential as it can identify bosom malignancy before it can even be felt," she included.
Bosom malignancy is the most widely recognized growth among ladies in Singapore, with 9,274 new bosom disease cases analyzed from 2010 to 2014.
A screening mammogram is as of now the most solid screening device for bosom malignancy, SCS said. The prescribed screening recurrence for a mammogram is at one time at regular intervals for ladies who are 50 years or more.
A full rundown of the bosom screening focuses can be found here
The SCS declared the S$25 financing help on Monday (Oct 3) as a feature of its yearly Breast Cancer Awareness battle. The goal is to develop a propensity for having consistent mammogram screenings.
The cost of a mammogram at a polyclinic is about S$100. Singapore natives, for instance, would get an administration sponsored rate of S$50 (it's S$75 for Permanent Residents), on the off chance that they visit chose mammography focuses, and with a S$25 financing help from SCS, their bill would come up to S$25.
This program is accessible for ladies who meet the qualification criteria:
Singaporean or Permanent Resident matured 50-years of age or more seasoned ;
Have not had a mammogram done in the previous 24 months;
Have not been bosom sustaining for as long as six months and is not pregnant;
No bosom inserts nor a background marked by bosom tumor; and are asymptomatic with no bosom disease side effects.
The offer is accessible until Jan 31 one year from now. In any case, arrangements must be made at taking part bosom screening focuses by Dec 31 this year.
A sum of 47 bosom screening focuses, including polyclinics and private screening focuses, are taking an interest in this program.
Having a mammogram implies that if ladies distinguish bosom tumor early, they have "more choices and may prompt to better treatment results and survival", said Dr Yap Yoon Sim, executive of the SCS Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2016, and senior specialist at the Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Singapore.
"Going for customary mammogram screening is essential as it can identify bosom malignancy before it can even be felt," she included.
Bosom malignancy is the most widely recognized growth among ladies in Singapore, with 9,274 new bosom disease cases analyzed from 2010 to 2014.
A screening mammogram is as of now the most solid screening device for bosom malignancy, SCS said. The prescribed screening recurrence for a mammogram is at one time at regular intervals for ladies who are 50 years or more.
A full rundown of the bosom screening focuses can be found here
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