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Saturday Screenings on October 29th
Medina Healthcare System Offers Saturday Mammography Screenings
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Medina Healthcare System encourages all women over 40 to get a screening mammogram, and talk to their healthcare provider about recommended screenings for breast and other cancers.
To provide convenient access to quality care and celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medina Regional Hospital is offering Saturday appointments for screening mammograms on October 29th. The Imaging Department is making this date available for screening mammograms with or without a doctor's order, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Medina Healthcare System uses state of the art digital mammography equipment to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce excess exposure to radiation. Enjoy pink refreshments after your screening exam and enter to win a “pink-themed” gift basket. Please call (830) 426-7722 to schedule your Saturday appointment.
Regular mammograms can often help find breast cancer at an early stage, when treatment is most likely to be successful. A mammogram can find breast changes that could be cancer years before physical symptoms develop. Results from many decades of research clearly show that women who have regular mammograms are more likely to have breast cancer found early, less likely to need aggressive treatment (like surgery to remove the entire breast [mastectomy] and chemotherapy), and more likely to be cured.
Mammograms are not perfect. They miss some cancers. In addition, sometimes more tests will be needed to find out if something found on a mammogram is or is not cancer. There’s also a small possibility of being diagnosed with cancer that never would have caused any problems had it not been found during screening. It‘s important that women getting mammograms know what to expect and understand the benefits and limitations of screening.
For more information on screening recommendations for women of various age groups, visit the American Cancer Society website, www.cancer.org.