OTTAWA – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The LaSalle County Health Department, through an Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program grant, can pay for mammograms and pap smears for women who qualify.
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OTTAWA – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The LaSalle County Health Department, through an Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program grant, can pay for mammograms and pap smears for women who qualify. The program is open to women between the ages of 35-64 who live in LaSalle or Grundy county and have no insurance or whose insurance has a high deductible.
Since July 1, LCHD has had two women diagnosed with breast cancer. Low income women die from breast and cervical cancer more often than other women. These high mortality rates are attributed in part to the fact that these women generally do not receive regular mammograms and pap smears. As a result, cancers are diagnosed at later stages when it is more difficult to treat and the chances for survival are less.
Through IBCCP, LaSalle County Health Department is working to increase breast and cervical cancer awareness and break that cycle of late stage treatment for low income women. IBCCP provides FREE mammograms and pap smears for women who qualify and assistance with paying the deductible for those who are insured.
To date this program has served 3,213 women in LaSalle and Grundy counties. Call (815) 433-3366 for further information on how to receive a free mammogram.
