Free Mammograms Offered At Northside Hospital Cancer Institute

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- This October and through the rest of 2017, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute is offering no-cost screening mammograms and other breast diagnostic procedures for qualified women who are unable to afford these services.

More cases of breast cancer are diagnosed and treated at Atlanta’s Northside Hospital than anywhere else in the Southeast, the hospital said. Early detection of breast cancer saves the lives of thousands of women each year.

However, medically underserved and uninsured women often lack access to care (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

At Northside, financial assistance is available for screening mammograms, ultrasounds, biopsies and other breast diagnostic procedures for uninsured women who meet specific eligibility requirements. In 2016, more than 1,200 underinsured women in Georgia received breast cancer screening and diagnostic services through the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute.

Funding is made possible through generous grants from the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta and the Northside Hospital Foundation.

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Services are available at select Northside Hospital imaging locations across Georgia, as well as aboard Northside’s ScreenAtlanta mobile-mammography van. Interpretation services are available upon request. For more information or to schedule a mammogram, call 770-667-4400.

Image via Northside Hospital