Mobile Mammography Unit (9-29-20)
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Breast cancer awareness month - and st.
Joseph kick started the celebrations a few days early.sitting at the east hills shopping center from 9-5 today was a bus --providing area women with their yearly mammogram.
Kq2's kilee thomas was there this morning to speak to the lead technologist on why bringing this exam on the road is saving womens' lives.
Kilee thomas reportingwith breast cancer awareness month only a few days away health is hitting the road.
Bringing life-saving, early detection screenings right to you.
Sot: ruth ann airy, lead mobile mammography "we have a lot of ladies that said they wouldn't have it done if we didn't come out to their areas."
Imaging centers is driving their mammography mobile unit to rural areas and businesses -offering mammograms to women short on time on tuesday - they stopped by the east hill shopping center in st.
Joseph sot: airy- "a lot of people don't make times for themselves to come in and get their mammograms. the actual exam doesn't take that long,but just finding time that you aren't running your kids around or your spouse.
They can just swing in.
You're not sitting in a clinic.
It probably just takes fifteen minutes total to have the exam done."
Women 35 and older walk onto the bus mammogram exam - consisting of a few quick pictures then technologists upload the images back in their office for the radiologist to read.
Patients and their physician will receive a letter with the results.
A simple exam technologists say truly save lives.
Sot: airy- "a lot of times with the 3d, we've heard that it's catching cancer about a year ahead of time.
It does multi-level, millimeter slices instead of just two images and you're able to catch cancer earlier."
Technologists say although a lot of women fear the pain of the actual exam results keeping women from scheduling an appointment sot: airy- 'fear is their main deteraint.
We've had ladies crying that don't want to go back.
By the time, they're like, 'that wasn't as bad diagnostic imaging centers say only 60% of eligible women in kansas city get their annual breast cancer screenings but since starting the mobile unit women have been screened.
Sot: airy- 'it's important to stay on top of it and get it every year so we don't miss anything."
Reporting in st.
Joseph, kilee thomas kq2 news the mobile mammography is offering 2d or 3d screenings.
Insurance covers mammograms, but for women self-paying - 2d is $150, 3d is $205.
Face coverings are required.
To schedule an appointment or catch the bus's next location call 816-444-9989