Panhandle Breast Health launches free breast cancer screening for qualified woman

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Published: Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:10 AM CDT|Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:23 PM CDT
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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Panhandle Breast Health (PBH) announces the Positively Pink Breast Cancer Screening Initiative.

The goal of this program is to decrease the number of breast cancer deaths by increasing the up-to-date mammography rate in a 9-county service area.

PBH will provide no-cost mammograms to uninsured woman aged 40 an over, who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months and whose household income is not more than 400 percents of the poverty rate; and a limited number of genetic tests for uninsured breast cancer patients.

This 1-year pilot program focuses on residents in the following counties:

  • Carson County
  • Donley County
  • Gray County
  • Hemphill County
  • Roberts County
  • Wheeler County
  • Armstrong County
  • Collingsworth County
  • Hutchinson County

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