BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS

Thirty-five percent of women in Minnesota have not had a mammogram in the last three years. Rates of breast cancer per 100,000 for women of color are: African American women 104.5 and Asian women 67.1.

OCHC works with the Minnesota Department of Health.s Sage Program, a program that offers free screening and diagnostic services including office visits for breast and cervical cancer exams, screening and diagnostic mammograms, Pap smear, exam and results counseling, breast ultrasound and biopsy. These services are available to women who meet the following three criteria:

Age 40 and older*

Have no insurance or are underinsured

Meet generous income guidelines

A woman under 40 can enroll in the Sage program if, during an office visit and breast exam, the clinician feels that a mammogram is indicated and the woman meets the other criteria.

For information call Alice at (651) 290-9207.