Mobile, no-cost Breast Cancer Screening Program
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"We have learned through the years that early diagnosis is critical to curing breast cancer. The best breast cancer screening tools in the world are not useful if people do not have access to them."
Larry Norton, MD, Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The American-Italian Cancer Foundation's (AICF) mobile No-Cost Breast Cancer Screening Program is open to economically disadvantaged and medically underserved women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months. The large mobile clinic travels to neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs to provide mammograms, clinical breast exams, instruction in breast self exam, and educational information to those who do not make annual screenings for breast cancer a priority.
During the last 23 years, AICF has provided screening services for over 75,000 women.
AICF's Mobile Mammography Program brings breast cancer screening directly to the women most in need of no-cost services. In addition to eliminating economic and transportation barriers, the Program eliminates cultural and linguistic hurdles to health care access by partnering with trusted groups in various communities. AICF works with an extensive network of over 200 community centers, religious institutions, schools, senior centers, elected officials, health care providers, and other organizations to offer services to the women that these groups already serve.
AICF has a contractual, fee-for-service relationship with Multi-Diagnostic Services, Inc., the medical provider. AICF requires that its provider be part of the New York State Cancer Services Program, a program of the New York State Department of Health that provides free breast cancer screening to uninsured women.Early detection of breast cancer is the key to survival, yet many of the women in the neighborhoods AICF serves are not getting annual mammograms. By bringing breast cancer screening services directly to these women, AICF is encouraging them to make their health a priority, spreading awareness, and educating women and their families about the importance of early detection.
To download a Mobile Mammography Program application, please click here.
To view a list of cancer resources, please click here.
To Name A Mammography Day or contribute to the Mobile Mammography Program, please click here.
Major funding provided by Avon Foundation Breast Health Outreach Program, National Breast Cancer Foundation, The Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, New York City Council, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and New York State Department of Health.
For additional information, please call Ayesha Ghosh, MPH, Director of Cancer Screening, Outreach, and Education at 212-628-9090 or send an e-mail to ayeshaghosh@americanitaliancancer.org.
Council member Leroy Comrie inside of the van with patients and AICF staff.
