The mobile “MammoVan” for breast cancer screening is coming to the Safeway at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast 75th Street next Monday, Oct. 11.
Sponsored by the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the van offers all-digital mammography. The cost is covered by most insurance plans.
Can’t make that date? For a schedule of this month’s Safeway appearances, click here.
For a story about the MammoVan and its partnership with Safeway by our news partners The Seattle Times, click here. Here’s a piece of the story:
There are plenty of reasons why women don’t get mammograms: money, hassle, difficulty taking time away from work or family.
Safeway Chief Executive Steve Burd is hoping that his company’s investment in a state-of-the-art mobile digital mammography van will wipe out those excuses and increase early cancer detection. In the long run, he and other business leaders believe such preventive measures will help control health-care costs.
For a brochure about the program, click here. To make an appointment, call 206-288-7800.