ALMH Offers Mammogram Mondays During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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[October 08, 2015]  LINCOLN - While every woman is at risk for breast cancer, risks increase with age. ALMH offers safe and highly effective digital mammograms for early detection of breast cancer.

On every Monday in October, ALMH wil provide mammograms free to eligible women. From 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on October 5, 12, 19 and 26, free mammograms will be availalbe to women who are over the age of 40 and either underinsured or uninsured. ALMH has earned accreditation as a mammography facility through the American College of Radiology.

A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast that is used to detect irregularities or suspicious masses. Safe and highly effective, mammograms are the most important tool doctors use to diagnose breast cancer. They are used as both an early detection tool for women experiencing no symptoms and a diagnostic tool for women experiencing symptoms such as a lump, pain or nipple discharge.

Mammography plays a central part in early detection of breast cancers because it can show changes in the breast up to two years before a patient or physician can feel them. Current guidelines recommend screening mammography every year for women, beginning at age 40. Research has shown that annual mammograms lead to early detection of breast cancers, when they are most curable and breast-conservation therapies are available.

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To make an appointment, call ALMH at 217-605-5108. ALMH Mammogram Mondays are being provided in partnership with the Regional Cancer Partnership of Illinois with funding provided by the Memorial Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the CureŽ.

ALMH is a 25-bed critical access hospital located at 200 Stahlhut Drive in Lincoln, Illinois and is an affiliate of Memorial Health System. For more information about ALMH, visit ALMH.org.

[Angela Stoltzenburg, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital]

 

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