Free or low-cost annual Pap smears, clinical breast exams and mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women age 40 and over. Screenings conducted with a mobile mammography unit at community centers, churches and other locations. Maintains a county-wide referral list of low cost mammography programs. Every woman is at risk of developing breast cancer. At least seventy-five percent of all breast cancers occur in women with no known risk factors.
Breast cancer accounts for about one-third of all cancer in American women, and is on the increase.
Men are also at risk of developing breast cancer. A breast lump or change in a male breast needs to be checked out by a health care provider right away. The most common reasons women do not get mammograms are they don't know they need one, their health care provider doesn't recommend one, or they think they can't afford it. Medicare now covers clinical breast exams and mammography as well as other preventive services. If your health care provider is unaware of Medicare coverage, call the Medicare phone number on the back of your benefit card.