Health & Fitness

Putnam Hospital Hosts Free Breast Cancer Screening

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Putnam Hospital Center and the Cancer Service Program of the Hudson Valley will host a free breast cancer screening for eligible women from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 24.

The screening includes a clinical breast exam and a mammogram and is open to uninsured women between the ages of 50 and 64.

Screenings will take place at Putnam Hospital Center, Outpatient Radiology Department, 664 Stoneleigh Ave. Registration is required. Please call Cancer Services Program of the Hudson Valley at 855-277-4482.

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GRAPHIC: National Breast Cancer Foundation

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