AMONG the frilly knickers and push-up bras in Myer's lingerie department, Tony Crimston's eyes well with pride as his rosy-cheeked wife Rhonda, who survived breast cancer, cuts the ribbon to open of the new BreastScreen clinic at Westfield Penrith on Monday.

The clinic is managed by the Breast Cancer Institute's Sunflower Clinic and linked to services at Westmead Hospital. It is discreetly positioned in the right-hand side of the store and is convenient for clients to make an appointment while shopping.

Institute director Professor John Boyages said that when a woman is screened in the clinic the images are transmitted to Westmead Hospital to be read by radiologists.

The NSW Minister Assisting on Health, Barbara Perry, said women aged 50 to 69 should take advantage of the free clinic and to have a mammogram every two years.

Mrs Crimston, 62, had a mammogram in August at BreastScreen Penrith and was diagnosed with a small grade-2 cancer, a lump she could not feel. The cancer was removed in September.

``I never thought it would be me,'' she said.

Phone 132050 or 98433288 to book a free breast screening.