Health department to offer free breast cancer screenings
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The Florida Department of Health in Marion County is offering free breast cancer screenings to women as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Mammograms will be offered in a mobile unit from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday at the McPherson Governmental Complex, 601 SE 25th Ave., Ocala.
“Getting a mammogram is the single most effective method of early detection since it can identify cancer several years before physical symptoms develop,” according to a DOH press release.
The screenings will be available to everyone, regardless of insurance status.
Staff from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program will be available to help anyone eligible to enroll in the program, which offers breast and cervical cancer screenings for free or reduced costs, according to the release.
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