If you have a family history or personal history of breast cancer or any other conditions that potentially increase your risk for developing breast cancer, your GP may refer you to a Risk Assessment Clinic.

You may have an increased risk of breast cancer if you have:

• A personal history of DCIS or invasive breast cancer
• A ‘significant’ family history, which is defined as Category 2/3 according to NBCC guidelines.
• An Ashkenazi Jewish background.
• A history of previous tissue (histological) biopsy showing atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) or papillomatosis
• A known genetic mutation, such as BRCA1 or BRCA2
• Dense breast tissue on mammography
• Used HRT long term ( for example >5-10 years)

If any of the above applies to you, you will need a screening program tailored to your individual needs. This may involve clinical breast examination combined with mammography on a more frequent basis – usually annually – and often combined with breast ultrasound. In young women, ultrasound alone may be indicated.

Sydney Breast Clinic provides a specialised Risk Assessment Clinic. Our multidisciplinary clinic will provide you with quick access to experienced, high quality care, at a one-stop clinic in a caring environment with results provided on the day*.

(*Second quality assurance read of the mammogram and pathology results sometimes occur on the next day. On these occasions an interim result is given on the first day)