Join the Pilot Programme

Eligibility of Participants

To join the Programme, eligible persons should fulfil all the following criteria:

• * Women aged between 35 and 74. For those with family history of breast or ovarian cancer, screening may begin 10 years prior to the age at which their youngest relative was diagnosed (but not earlier than age 30)
• Hold a Hong Kong Identity Card¹ or Certificate of Exemption
• Registered in the Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS)
• Being at high risk of breast cancer, including
  • Carriers of certain genetic mutation(s) with increased lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, as confirmed by genetic testing. The genes covered include:
    • BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, CDH1, NF1, PALB2, PTEN, STK11, TP53

      (Last updated: [26/02/2025])
      or

  • With strong family history of breast or ovarian cancer, such as:
    • any first-degree female² relative is a confirmed carrier of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations
    • any first- or second-degree female³ relative with both breast cancer and ovarian cancer
    • any first-degree female relative with bilateral breast cancer
    • any male relative with a history of breast cancer
    • 2 first-degree female relatives with breast cancer AND one of them being diagnosed at age ≤50 years
    • ≥2 first- or second-degree female relatives with ovarian cancer
    • ≥3 first- or second-degree female relatives with breast cancer OR a combination of breast cancer and ovarian cancer
• Asymptomatic of breast cancer
• No history of breast cancer
• No mammography screening within the past one year, or due for mammography screening as advised by her doctor at time of enrollment to the Programme

Women having any history as described below are advised to follow up with their doctors and are NOT eligible for the Programme:

• History of radiation therapy to the chest for treatment between age 10 and 30
• History of breast cancer
• History of atypical ductal or lobular hyperplasia of the breast