Cancer Services

Cancer Survivor Guide podcast 

Grampians Integrated Cancer Service (GICS) consumer Penny Johnston hosts the Cancer Survivor Guide podcast, featuring interviews with patients and experts to unpack what cancer treatment patients might undertake. 
Find out more here.

Meet our McGrath Breast Care Nurses

Joylene and Leanne are McGrath Breast Care Nurses who work in the Ballarat and lower Grampians region providing support to both early and advanced breast cancer recipients. They support clients from diagnosis through to wellness after life, guiding and navigating the treatment trajectory and offering resources and materials to ensure informed and individualised decisions are made. Their role also sees them offer education and awareness to the greater community about breast cancer and health promotion. Both have extensive experience in cancer nursing, obtaining post graduate certificates in breast cancer specialities and continue to enroll in ongoing education opportunities to ensure the support and information they provide is current and evidence based. 

Breast Screen Victoria

BreastScreen Victoria aims to reduce the impact of breast cancer by ensuring the best health outcomes through early detection. We invite eligible Victorians aged 50−74 to have a free breast screen every two years. Your breast cancer risk increases with age, that’s why a free breast screen every two years is an important way to look after your health.  
Breast screens are with a female radiographer in a safe and friendly environment and take only 10 minutes to complete. Breast screens are for those with no symptoms and you do not need a doctor’s referral or Medicare card. 
For more information and bookings, visit the website or call 13 20 50. 
In the Grampians Region breast screening is available in Ballarat (Queen Elizabeth Centre), Horsham (Wimmera Health Care Group) and many locations where the mobile BreastScreen Victoria van visits. 

Watch this video on how to perform a Breast self-examination