Population-based Cancer Screening

Screen For Me is a social marketing and social media campaign designed to boost community participation in the national breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening programs.  It uses the strength of a local community and community members, including children, grandchildren, friends, partners and parents, to have an influence on their loved ones health by asking them to Screen For Me.

The National Cervical Screening Program offers a five-yearly cervical screening test for women aged between 25 and 74. This revised program replaces the two-yearly Pap test. Women already having Pap tests, should have their first Cervical Screening Test when they are next due for a Pap test. Find out more on 13 15 56.

BreastScreen Australia is a national breast-screening program for well women without symptoms aged 50-69 years, although women aged 40-49 and 70 years and older are able to attend for screening. Book your free mammogram every two years by calling BreastScreen on 13 20 50. 

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program offers eligible Australians aged from 50 to 74 a chance to screen for bowel cancer using a free, simple test at home. Find out more on 1800 118 868

Established in May 2019 to help address low levels of cancer screening, The Latrobe Cancer Screen Collaborative (the Collaborative) pilot project has now ended with promising results of improvement across the four participating general practices.

A feature of the program as it journeyed toward completion was the recording of four podcasts between the Collaborative WAVE Chair, Dr Wayne Thompson, and participants from clinics, including one GP and two Practice Nurses.