Information

For more information, you can contact the Coordination centre for cancer screenings (Samhæfingarstöð krabbameinsskimana) by telephone on 513-6700 between 8:30 and 12:00 every weekday. It‘s also possible to send an email to krabbameinsskimun@heilsugaeslan.is.

 

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Cervical screening open house

Women who have received an invitation can choose the place and time that suits them best.

 Here is the schedule for the first days of March. Read more about the open house.


Thursday, March 14 
Heilsugæslan Grafarvogi - 8:30-10:00
Heilsugæslan Fjörður - 9:00-10:00
Heilsugæslan Efra-Breiðholti - 10:00-12:00
Heilsugæslan Hvammi - 10:20-11:00
Heilsugæslan Mosfellsumdæmi - 13:00-13:30 

Friday, March 15 
Heilsugæslan Mjódd - 8:30-10:00
Heilsugæslan Efstaleiti - 11.00-11.30

Monday, March 18 
Heilsugæslan Sólvangi - 8:30-9:50
Heilsugæslan Árbæ - 8:30-10:00

Tuesday, March 19 
Heilsugæslan Glæsibæ - 10:00-11:20
Heilsugæslan Hamraborg - 14:30-15:20 (cancelled)

Wednesday, March 20 
Heilsugæslan Mosfellsumdæmi - 13:00-13:30 
Heilsugæslan Miðbæ - 14:00-15:00
Heilsugæslan Salahverfi - 14:10-15:10
Heilsugæslan Höfða - 14:30-15:30

Thursday, March 21 
Heilsugæslan Grafarvogi - 8:30-10:00
Heilsugæslan Efra-Breiðholti - 10:00-12:00
Heilsugæslan Hlíðum - 10:20-11:00
Heilsugæslan Hvammi - 10:20-11:00
Heilsugæslan Garðabæ - 13:30 -14:30 (Þönglabkki 6)

Friday, March 22 
Heilsugæslan Efstaleiti - 11.00-11.30

Monday, March 25 
Heilsugæslan Sólvangi –  8:30-9:50
Heilsugæslan Árbæ - 8:30-10:00

Tuesday, March 26 
Heilsugæslan Hamraborg - 14:30-15:20

Wednesday, March 27
Heilsugæslan Salahverfi - 13:00-14:00
Heilsugæslan Miðbæ - 14:00-15:00

We encourage all women who have received an invitation to book an appointment.

Appointments for cervical screening

Women across the country, who have received an invitation to be screened and are aged 23 to 64 years, can book an appointment for cervical screening with a phone call to the health care centre that best suits them. 

Women who have received an invitation to be screened and live within the capital area can themselves book an appointment on My pages at heilsuvera.is

Further information about cervical screening

Appointments for breast screening

Women who have received an invitation for a breast examination, and are 40 to 74 years old, can make an appointment.


Appointments can be booked by calling 543-9560 between the hours of 8:30 and 12:00 and 13:00 and 15:30 all weekdays. Bookings can also be made via email at brjostaskimun@landspitali.is.

 

Further information about breast screening

Where are screenings performed

Cervical screenings are available at all health care centres in Iceland.


Breast screenings are conducted at Brjóstamiðstöð (Breast centre) at Eiríksgata 5 in Reykjavík and at Akureyri‘s Hospital at Eyrarlandsvegur.

Breast screenings are also offered at certain locations in rural areas in the spring and at different places during the fall.

Screening for breast cancer and cervical cancer is a precautionary measure offered to women who don‘t have symptoms.

Women who do have symptoms are advised to see a doctor.

Is it time for your screening?

Twelve women from Icelandic society share their story at the photography exhibition “Is it time for your screening?” and accordingly encourage other women to participate in screening when they receive an invitation.

Read their stories.

Screening invitation

Women in Iceland are offered breast screenings and cervical screenings in accordance with directions from the Directorate of Health.

 

Women aged 40 to 69 years old are offered breast screenings every two years, and every three years when they are aged 70 to 74.

 

Women aged 23 to 29 are offered cervical screenings every three years, and every five years when they are aged 30 to 64.

Decline screening invitation

If you do not wish to receive an invitation to screenings, you need to call the Cancer Screening Coordination Centre (SKS) and ask for an interview with a nurse. You can call on weekdays from 8:30 to 12:00 at 513-6700.

 

If you are unsure whether to go in for screenings, for example because of previous operations, we advise you to seek medical advice and information from your doctor.


You can also seek advice from a nurse at the Coordination centre for cancer screenings.

Breast screening

Landspítali – The National University Hospital of Iceland has been entrusted with breast screenings in cooperation with Akureyri hospital.

 

In Reykjavík, screenings for breast cancer are conducted at Brjóstamiðstöð (Breast centre) which is located on the 3rd floor at Eiríksgata 5.

At Akureyri the service is located at Akureyri hospital at Eyrarlandsvegur, entrance C.          

Appointments for breast screening

Women who have received an invitation for a breast examination, and are 40 to 74 years old, can make an appointment.

 

Appointments can be booked by calling 543-9560 between the hours of 8:30 and 12:00 and 13:00 and 15:30 all weekdays. Bookings can also be made via email at brjostaskimun@landspitali.is.

 

Want to know more?

Video in Icelandic about breast screening at Eiríksstaðir from Landspítali.

Read more in the new booklet from the Directorate of Health.

Screenings at other locations

In the spring of 2024, screenings for breast cancer will be offered at these locations, subject to change:

  • Blönduós - April 2 to 5
  • Sauðárkrókur - April 8 to 12 
  • Húsavík - April 15 to 18
  • Vestmannaeyjar - May 13 to 17

 

In the fall of  2023 screenings were conducted in these places: Búðardalur, Egilsstaðir, Eskifjörður, Grundarfjörður, Hólmavík, Hvolsvöllur, Ísafjörður, Ólafsvík, Patreksfjörður, Selfoss and Stykkishólmur.

 

In the spring of 2023 screenings were conducted in these placesBorgarnes, Blönduós, Húsavík, Hvammstangi, Höfn, Sauðárkrókur, Siglufjörður og Vestmannaeyjar

 

In the fall of 2022 screenings were conducted in these places: Egilsstaðir, Eskifjörður, Hvolsvöllur, Ísafjörður, Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Selfoss, Vík í Mýrdal, Vopnafjörður og Þórshöfn

 

Cervical screening

Cervical screenings are now conducted in all 19 health care centres in the capital area. In rural areas, screenings are conducted at local health care centres in the same way as in previous years.

 

Midwives and nurses, who have received special training, take a cell sample during the cervical examination.

 

The Primary Health Care in cooperation with Women's services at Landspítali and Akureyri hospital, will treat and monitor which women need further diagnosis and supervision due to certain cell changes (cytomorphosis) in the cervix.

Cervical screenings are conducted at the health care centres.

Booking an appointment for cervical screening

Women across the country, who have received an invitation to be screened and are aged 23 to 64 years, can book an appointment for cervical screening with a phone call to the health care centre that best suits them.

Women who have received an invitation to be screened and live within the capital area can themselves book an appointment on My pages at heilsuvera.is

  

We encourage all women who have received an invitation letter or if more than 3 years have passed from their last screening, to book an appointment.

 

The general rule is that all women are offered a cervical screening every 3 years when they are between 23 and 29 years old and every 5 years when they are between 30 and 64 years old.

Want to know more?

Read more in the new booklet from the Directorate of Health.

Screening schedule in the capital area

Generally each health care centre performs screenings weekly. These days are darkly coloured.

Some health care centres also perform screenings biweekly. These days are lightly coloured.

 

 Health care centre   Tel. no     Mon    Tue       Wed    Thur      Fri       Explanation
     am  pm  am  pm am pm  am pm am pm            
 Árbæ  513-5200                      
 Efra-Breiðholti  513-5300                      
 Efstaleiti  513-5350                      
 Fjörður  513-5400                       
 Garðabæ  513-5500                      
 Glæsibæ  513-5700                      
 Grafarvogi  513-5600                      
 Hamraborg  513-5800                       
 Hlíðum  513-5900                      Alternatively
 Hvammi  513-5850                      
 Höfða  591-7000                      
 Kirkjusandi  595-1300                      
 Miðbæ  513-5950                       
 Mjódd  513-6000                       Alternatively
 Mosfellsumdæmi  513-6050                      Alternatively
 Salahverfi  590-3900                      
 Seltjarnarnesi  513-6100                      
 Sólvangi  513-6200                       
 Urðarhvarfi  510-6550                      Alternatively

 

 

 

About the centre

The Co-ordination centre for cancer screenings (Samhæfingarstöð krabbameinsskimana) is located at Miðhraun 4, 210 Garðabær.

 

Breast screenings in the Greater Reykjavík Area take place in the Breast centre at Eiríksgata 5, 3rd floor. Akureyri Hospital is responsible for breast screenings in North Iceland. 

 

Cervical screenings take place at healthcare centres.

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HHStaffJobtitlePhoneEmail
Aníta Kristjana ElínardóttirRegistered nurse513-6700
Ágúst Ingi Ágústsson513-6700
Eydís Benediktsdóttir513-6700
Eydís Sylvía Einarsdóttir513-6700
Guðbjörg S. Haraldsdóttir513-6700
Guðrún Áslaug Einarsdóttir513-6705
Guðrún Fjeldsted Jóhannesdóttir513-6700
Hrafnhildur Grímsdóttir513-6700
Pálína Valdimarsdóttir513-6700

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