Shore Medical Center Director of Radiology Dr. Alicia Daniels.
SOMERS POINT - Shore Medical Center and Advanced Shore Imaging are teaming up to help detect more breast cancers by offering free screening mammograms to eligible women during October Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The free screenings will take place at Advanced Shore Imaging Associates, 2605 Shore Road in Northfield, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 21 by appointment.
To participate, women must have a prescription or imaging order from a physician. Those who are unable to get a prescription from a physician can get one by scheduling a free clinical breast exam the week before the screening with Shore Cancer Center Medical Director Dr. Vijay Sandilya, a member of the Penn Cancer Network.
Shore Cancer Center Medical Director Dr. Vijay Sandilya.
Appointments for both the screening event and clinical breast exam can be scheduled by calling 609-653-3440.
This free screening event is primarily geared toward women who are uninsured or underinsured, but any woman who is eligible for a screening mammogram (40 or older, or younger with a family history of breast cancer and due for their mammogram) can participate. All imaging results will be read by Director of Radiology Dr. Alicia Daniels.
Mammograms are proven to detect breast cancer early when it is most treatable.
These free mammography screenings are provided through the NJ Cancer Education and Early Detection program for which Shore Medical Center is the lead agency in Atlantic County.
