The Ellis County Press: Free mammograms for uninsured women living in Ellis, Kaufman and Rockwall counties

Free mammograms for uninsured women living in Ellis, Kaufman and Rockwall
counties
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Editor on 11/03/2009 17:49:00


UT Southwestern Medical Center is providing free mammograms for uninsured women
living in Ellis, Kaufman and Rockwall counties.
Mammograms are funded by a grant from the Breast Cancer Relief  Foundation.
WHEN:          8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
WHERE:       First Assembly of God Church
3101 S. Houston St., Kaufman
(Intersection of Highway 34 and FM 1388)
The screenings will be provided inside a mobile mammography van. The mobile unit
- the first in the Southwest U.S. to provide digital screenings - houses
state-of-the-art technology in a self-contained 18-wheeler coach designed inside
to look like a standard medical office.
The screening takes about 30 minutes, and the images are transmitted to UT
Southwestern's Center for Breast Care, where radiologists read the images for
evidence of breast cancer. Patients receive results within a week. The grant
also provides for diagnostic follow-up, if needed.
Because screenings are limited, it is required that you pre-register by calling
214-645-2560.