Breast cancer screening expands for younger women in S'pore
Singapore is expanding breast cancer screening initiatives to include women starting at age 40, following updated health recommendations. New partnerships and mobile services aim to improve accessibility and early detection rates among younger demographics.
Why it matters
Lowering the age for routine cancer screenings is a critical public health strategy to improve survival rates through early intervention.
Associate Professor Lim Geok Hoon, an oncoplastic breast surgeon, and Shermin Shu, a breast cancer patient and muay thai practitioner, are both fighting breast cancer in their own way.
Listen Summarise Breast cancer is increasingly affecting younger women in Singapore, prompting new initiatives for early screening starting at age 40, including free mammograms at the Singapore Cancer Society and mobile services. A partnership between Manulife Singapore, Breast Cancer Foundation and Parkway Radiology offers free teleconsultations and mammograms via the MammoXpress Bus to improve accessibility and awareness. Early detection greatly improves survival rates, but fear and misconceptions hinder screening; experts urge regular mammograms and education, highlighting stories of a surgeon and a patient fighting breast cancer. AI generated
SINGAPORE – As breast cancer becomes more common among younger women, two new initiatives hope to help them get screened early.
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