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Digital mammography van hits the streets

10/26/2009 (2:36:13pm)Tags: breast cancer mammographyComments: (0)

There is a new digital mammography van now in Boston - one of the first such digital mobile vans in the country - thanks to the support of national and local foundations and businesses,

The vans are scheduled at several BIDMC-affiliated health centers including the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester.

In 2002, the City of Boston launched the Mayor's Cancer Crusade that included the purchase of a mammography van to offer breast screenings at local health centers. Operated by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the program has provided more than 25,000 mammograms to 11,000 women, 60 percent of whom speak a language other than English. Sixty confirmed diagnoses of breast cancer have been made and thousands of women have benefited from breast health education programs.

 

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