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Triage the Worry: Breast Cancer Conversations Over Telehealth
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For a telehealth GP, that does not mean a pink-ribbon webinar. It means more calls where the chief complaint is worry: a new lump, a family story that suddenly feels urgent, an overdue mammogram, or a result that has not landed yet. The clinical job is still general practice. Triage what belongs on video, what needs hands and imaging in person, write the referral properly, and keep the usual GP in the loop so the episode does not become a split record.
Dr Damien Ford
General Practitioner MBBS FRACGP
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Thursday 1 October 2026
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