Gainesville, MO. – The Baxter County Regional Medical Center is sending its mobile Mammography Unit to Gainesville, MO, to do mammogram screenings for breast cancer.
Roughly 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetime, and for women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
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Despite being seen as a primarily female-related cancer, men can develop it too with the rate of 1 in 833.
This information is provided by Breastcancer.org.
Call 870-508-1164 for more information on the Mobile Mammography Unit, or to get scheduled.
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