New Mobile Mammography Unit In West Sacramento

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer between women. However, the disease has high care rate and overall all survival rate provided that the condition is detected early. Realizing this,  West-St. Joseph's Medical Center and the Safeway Foundation have combined their efforts to offers women in West Sacramento and Rancho Cordova a new mobile mammography screening service, which will start next week.

New Mobile Mammography Unit Available At North Mississippi Medical Center

The new Mobile Mammography unit at North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) is going to starting working soon. The unit has been decorated with a giant pink ribbon. The new mobile mammography unit is replacing an older one which has been providing breast cancer-detecting services since 1994. The unit has been also supported with new set of wheels. Sherry Craig, technical director for the NMMC Breast Care Center, said "It was past ready to retire. Since 2006, we've had digital mammography at the breast care center; it's exciting to be able to bring that technology to the region.”