October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
As part of the month, Cancer Care Manitoba’s mobile mammography clinic is visiting the Parkland. The clinic will be in Ste. Rose, McCreary, and Grandview.
The clinic offers mammograms for women ages 50 to 74, the ages where breast cancer is most common.
Laryssa Sawchuk, a health educator with Cancer Care Manitoba says having the mobile clinic has improved accessibility for women in northern communities, and helped detect more early cases of breast cancer.
A mammogram can detect breast cancer 2-3 years before it would become noticeable by a patient or doctor.
Breast cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer for women in Manitoba. It is projected that in 2019, 850 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, 180 of whom won’t survive.
Women interested in booking an appointment at either the mobile clinic or at Cancer Care’s permanent locations in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, or Winkler, can call 1-855-95C-HECK.
For more information on the Breastcheck program, and the mobile mammography clinic go to the Cancer Care Manitoba website.
