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On this page, you will find the essentials of the Breast Cancer Screening Programme for women aged 50 to 69.

The Flemish government organises and finances four Screening Programmes: three Cancer Screening Programmes and a Congenital Metabolic Disorder Screening Programme. The three Cancer Screening Programmes screen the population for breast cancer, cervical cancer and bowel cancer. The Flemish government invests in these programmes because they save lives.

Please note: the purpose of these translations is to make the Dutch-language documents more easily understandable. The translated documents do not replace the originals containing your personal code.

Here you can find translations of the following Dutch documents:

• The invitation letter for the Breast Cancer Screening Programme pdf fileUitnodigingsbrief Bevolkingsonderzoek Borstkanker_ENG (862 KB)

• The information leaflet on the Breast Cancer Screening Programme pdf fileFolder Bevolkingsonderzoek Borstkanker_ENG (1.84 MB)

• The poster for the Breast Cancer Screening Programme pdf filePoster Bevolkingsonderzoek Borstkanker_ENG (5.66 MB)

Do you have any questions?

For more information, contact:

• Your GP
• The Centrum voor Kankeropsporing (Centre for Cancer Detection):
  • call the freephone number 0800 60 160 (on work days from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m.)
  • E-mail: info@bevolkingsonderzoek.be