What Is A Breast Screen?
What is a breast screen?
Breast screening clinics
Breast screening is the process of looking for disease in the breasts of healthy women who have no symptoms of disease. A breast screen can detect most breast cancers, including some too small to be felt.
Clinics
BreastScreen SA provides free screening at ten dedicated and accredited screening clinics. They are accessible, non-threatening and comfortable environments with expertly trained and experienced staff, who will do their best to ensure every woman receives an efficient and caring service.
Rural and remote women, for whom lack of transport may prevent participation in screening, are well served by two mobile units, which visit 27 country regions every two years, the recommended screening interval. A third mobile unit, provides screening every two years primarily in outer metropolitan Adelaide areas, and some country areas.
Locations
We have three mobile screening units travelling to country regions around South Australia and seven clinics based in Adelaide.
Fixed locations
- Adelaide (David Jones Rose) breast screening clinic
- Adelaide (Frome Road) breast screening clinic
- Adelaide Flinders Street Assessment Clinic - BreastScreen SA
- Arndale breast screening clinic
- Christies Beach breast screening clinic
- Elizabeth breast screening clinic
- Hyde Park breast screening clinic
- Marion breast screening clinic
Mobile screening units
Please note that the following dates are approximate only, and are subject to change on an ongoing basis. To confirm dates and to book an appointment call us on 13 20 50.
| Location | Address | 2020 dates | 2021/2022 dates |
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| Adelaide Showgrounds | Goodwood Road, Wayville. Specific location TBD |
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| Berri | Behind the Riverland General Hospital, Berri Campus Enter from Hepworth Street | returning mid-June to mid-July | |
| Ceduna | Ceduna Hospital, Eyre Highway (opposite the main entrance, in front of the emergency department) | ||
| Clare | Clare Hospital Lower North Health, 47 Farrell Flat Road | ||
| Cleve | Cleve Medical Centre car park, Fourth Street | ||
| Coober Pedy | Coober Pedy Hospital grounds, Hospital Road | ||
| Gawler | Gawler Sport and Community Centre, 1 Nixon Terrace | ||
| Jamestown | Jamestown Medical Centre car park, Irvine Street | ||
| Keith | Keith Hospital Casualty car park. Carinya Crescent | ||
| Kingscote | Kingscote Hospital, Wheelton Street | ||
| Kingston SE | Kingston Town Hall, corner of Agnes and Cameron Streets | Late August to mid-September | |
| Kimba (Wudinna) | Kimba Hospital, Community Health car park. Enter from Jacobs Drive | ||
| Lameroo | Railway Terrace, adjacent to the council offices | ||
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | Near the main entrance, Oldham Road, Elizabeth Vale. | ||
| Maitland | In the car park behind the Maitland Hospital, next to the West Wing | ||
| Marla | Adjacent to the Medical Clinic, Cockatoo Crescent | ||
| McLaren Vale | In the car park behind McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital. Aldersey Street, enter through Gate 3 | ||
| Millicent | Civic and Arts Centre car park, Ridge Terrace, Millicent | Returning early June to late August | |
| Mount Barker | Summit Health Care Centre car park, 85 Wellington Road | ||
| Mount Gambier | Mount Gambier Hospital, left of the Main Entrance, Wehl Street North | ||
| Murray Bridge | Country Health Connect car park, behind the Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Swanport Rd | Returning mid-May to early August | |
| Naracoorte | Naracoorte Hospital, Physiotherapy Car park, Jenkins Tce | mid-September to early-November | |
| Penola | Penola Hospital, 18 Church Street, Penola | ||
| Port Adelaide | Port Adelaide Plaza 200-220 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide |
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| Port Augusta | Central Oval Community Sporting Hub car park 10 Augusta Terrace Please use the TAFE entrance |
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| Port Lincoln | In the rear car park of the Arteyrea Workshop, Mortlock Terrace | ||
| Port Pirie | GP Plus car park, 50 Gertrude Street | ||
| Prospect | Northpark Shopping Centre, 264 Main North Road, Prospect. Western car park, behind Woolworths, accessible from the Regency Road entrance. | ||
| Regency Park | TAFE SA Regency campus, 137 Days Road. Use entrance 1 from Days Road, first car park on the left. | |
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| Roxby Downs | Roxby Downs Hospital car park, Burgoyne Street | ||
| Smithfield Plains | John McVeity Centre, 182 Peachy Rd | ||
| Streaky Bay | Streaky Bay Hospital, Flinders Drive (on the road) | ||
| Tanunda | Basedow Road, adjacent Soldiers Memorial Hall | mid-July to late November | |
| Tea Tree Gully | Tea Tree Gully TAFE, 100 Smart Road, Modbury. In the car park, next to the TAFE child care centre | |
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| Victor Harbor | South Coast District Hospital, 56 Bay Road, Victor Harbor. Enter from Malen Avenue. | ||
| Waikerie | Waikerie Hospital car park, Lawrie Terrace | ||
| Wallaroo | Old Railway Station, John Terrace. | ||
| West Lakes | Next to the Community Centre, Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, corner of Brebner Drive and West Lakes Boulevard | ||
| Whyalla | Westland Shopping Centre car park, behind Target. McDouall Stuart Ave, Whyalla Norrie | ||
| Wudinna (Kimba) | Kimba Hospital, Community Health car park. Enter from Jacobs Drive. | ||
| Yorketown | Weaners Flat Reserve, Stansbury Road |
Make your appointment now - call 13 20 50
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