HDH hosts Brake for Breakfast
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More than 300 women drove through the Brake for Breakfast event at Highland District Hospital on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Participants received a free continental breakfast to go, including Panera’s famous Pink Ribbon Bagel.
Greeted by physicians and members of the Imaging Center and Cancer Care Services wearing special pink T-shirts, participants received educational information about breast cancer, pink ribbon lapel pins, and give-aways from local businesses in a pink gift bag, according to Dr. Regina Melink, Oncologist at Cancer Care Services.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman’s life is a little less than 1 in 8. Over 230,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2011, according to the American Cancer Society.
The staff of Highland District Hospital would like to remind women that a screening mammogram can be scheduled, without a physician’s referral, by patients who are 35 years of age or older. Women must be symptom free, not pregnant or breast feeding.
Appointments can be made by calling the Imaging Center at 937.393.MAMMO (6266). Women with symptoms will need a physician referral for a diagnostic mammogram. The American Cancer Society encourages women without health insurance to call their Resource Line at 800.227.2345 for screening options.
The HDH staff would like to thank the women who took a moment to drive through and participate in the event. We are proud to partner with them to become “one less” breast cancer statistic.[[In-content Ad]]
Participants received a free continental breakfast to go, including Panera’s famous Pink Ribbon Bagel.
Greeted by physicians and members of the Imaging Center and Cancer Care Services wearing special pink T-shirts, participants received educational information about breast cancer, pink ribbon lapel pins, and give-aways from local businesses in a pink gift bag, according to Dr. Regina Melink, Oncologist at Cancer Care Services.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman’s life is a little less than 1 in 8. Over 230,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2011, according to the American Cancer Society.
The staff of Highland District Hospital would like to remind women that a screening mammogram can be scheduled, without a physician’s referral, by patients who are 35 years of age or older. Women must be symptom free, not pregnant or breast feeding.
Appointments can be made by calling the Imaging Center at 937.393.MAMMO (6266). Women with symptoms will need a physician referral for a diagnostic mammogram. The American Cancer Society encourages women without health insurance to call their Resource Line at 800.227.2345 for screening options.
The HDH staff would like to thank the women who took a moment to drive through and participate in the event. We are proud to partner with them to become “one less” breast cancer statistic.[[In-content Ad]]