Beaufort County Health Department

Cancer screenings are provided for low income women who do not have Medicare B or Medicaid and are 50 to 64 years of age and meet the financial criteria. Those admitted to clinic will receive a pap smear, breast exam and basic laboratory studies and will be referred for a mammogram.

Do you know the facts?

· Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.

· Breast Cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55.

· One woman in eight has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.

· Seventy percent of all breast cancers are found through breast self-exams.

· Eight out of ten breast lumps are not cancerous. If you find a lump, don’t panic- call your doctor for an appointment.

· Mammography is low-dose X-ray examination that can detect breast cancer up to two years before it is large enough to be felt.

· When breast cancer is found early, the five-year survival rate is 96%.

EACH YEAR, 182,000 WOMEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND 43,000 DIE.

If you haven’t already, schedule a breast exam and mammogram. The life you save may be your own. Pass the word around to your loved ones, friends and acquaintances.

For more information, please contact:

Barbara Paul, RN - Adult Health, BCCCP Coordinator
(252) 940-5082
or by e-mail at barbara.paul@ncmail.net

For safety and security reasons, only clients receiving services will be allowed to go into the clinic area. Children will be seen one at a time. Therefore, clients must bring someone of an appropriate age and maturity to help so their children will be supervised at all times.